#52BD9C#52BD9C

#52BD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52BD9C
RGB	rgb(82, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -38.79, 7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 39.51, 169.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1091 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.111 170)
XYZ	xyz(27.6752, 40.5867, 37.8216)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52BD9C #BD5273

analogous

#52BD66 #52BD9C #52A9BD

triadic

#52BD9C #9C52BD #BD9C52

tetradic

#52BD9C #6652BD #BD5273 #A9BD52

square

#52BD9C #6652BD #BD5273 #A9BD52

split-complementary

#52BD9C #BD52A9 #BD6652

monochromatic

#296C57 #3A987B #52BD9C #7ECEB5 #ABDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#52BD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#52BD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #52BD9C

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52BD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##52BD9C	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52bd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b9',
    500: '#52bd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52bd9c;
$custom-light: #8cd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52bd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.495,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52BD9C

secondary

#CC9EAD

accent

#537BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #52BD9C

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

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