#52BC9F#52BC9F

#52BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BC9F
RGB	rgb(82, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -37.63, 5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 38.03, 171.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1066 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.108 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7180, 40.2608, 39.1046)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BC9F #BC526F

analogous

#52BC6A #52BC9F #52A4BC

triadic

#52BC9F #9F52BC #BC9F52

tetradic

#52BC9F #6A52BC #BC526F #A4BC52

square

#52BC9F #6A52BC #BC526F #A4BC52

split-complementary

#52BC9F #BC52A4 #BC6A52

monochromatic

#296A59 #3A977D #52BC9F #7ECDB7 #AADED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#52BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#52BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BC9F

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BC9F	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1bb',
    500: '#52bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bc9f;
$custom-light: #8cd1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.585,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72487,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BC9F

secondary

#CC9EAB

accent

#5477D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BC9F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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