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#52df73

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Light Green

Token name suggestion: Atlas Basil

RGB
82, 223, 115
HSL
134°, 69%, 60%
CMYK
63, 0, 48, 13
Luminance
0.5581

#52df73 is a balanced vivid green, 134° on the wheel and 68/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.16:1). As text it scores 1.73:1 on white — use #198933 instead. Nearest name is Light Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(134 69% 60%)rgb(82 223 115)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #52df73 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#52df73
Hue
134°
green
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5581
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
68/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.16:1
Closest name
Light Green
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
73.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.803
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 6.8
Web-safe
#66CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue134° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #52df73.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool68% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red3%
Green95%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#52df73
HEX (8-digit)#52df73ff
RGBrgb(82, 223, 115)
RGBArgba(82, 223, 115, 1)
HSLhsl(134, 69%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(134, 63%, 87%)
HWBhwb(134 32% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 0%, 48%, 13%)
LABlab(79.5 -60.4 41.8)
LCHlch(79.5 73.4 145.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.803 0.192 148.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.96, 55.80, 25.25)
Decimal5431155
Display P3color(display-p3 0.322 0.875 0.451)
Web-safe#66CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #52df73;
background-color: #52df73;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #52df73;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#52df73] bg-[#52df73]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #52df73;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.322, green: 0.875, blue: 0.451)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.322, green: 0.875, blue: 0.451, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#52DF73</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF52DF73)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF52DF73)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(115, 223, 82)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(82, 223, 115)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(82, 223, 115)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 82, 223, 115)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3216f, 0.8745f, 0.4510f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{82,223,115}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #52df73 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #52df73 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#146C28, #D3EED9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #52df73 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FBF5;
  --brand-100: #E7F8EB;
  --brand-200: #CAF2D3;
  --brand-300: #A0EDB2;
  --brand-400: #71E58C;
  --brand-500: #52df73;
  --brand-600: #26CF4D;
  --brand-700: #20AC41;
  --brand-800: #198A34;
  --brand-900: #166429;
  --brand-950: #0E3E19;
  --brand: #52df73;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF6;
  --brand-border: #C0EDCA;
  --brand-hover: #34D95A;
  --brand-pressed: #24C54A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142418;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FBF5',
        100: '#E7F8EB',
        200: '#CAF2D3',
        300: '#A0EDB2',
        400: '#71E58C',
        500: '#52df73',
        600: '#26CF4D',
        700: '#20AC41',
        800: '#198A34',
        900: '#166429',
        950: '#0E3E19',
        DEFAULT: '#52df73',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FBF5,
  '100': #E7F8EB,
  '200': #CAF2D3,
  '300': #A0EDB2,
  '400': #71E58C,
  '500': #52df73,
  '600': #26CF4D,
  '700': #20AC41,
  '800': #198A34,
  '900': #166429,
  '950': #0E3E19,
);
$brand-base: #52df73;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FBF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F8EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CAF2D3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A0EDB2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#71E58C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#52df73", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#26CF4D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#20AC41", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#198A34", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#166429", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0E3E19", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #52df73 · 12.16:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.73:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.16:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #52df73 as text scores 1.73:1 on white and 12.16:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #146C28 at 3.79:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#198933 · 4.50:1
AA on white−28% L
#198933
The quick fox
#136626 · 7.10:1
AAA on white−36% L
#136626
The quick fox
#52df73 · 12.16:1
AA on blackalready passes
#52df73
The quick fox
#52df73 · 12.16:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#52df73

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #20AB40 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#52df73 on white: 1.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#52df73 on black: 12.16:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #52df73 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #52df73.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.73:1AaAa
Slate 501.65:1AaAa
Slate 1001.58:1AaAa
Slate 2001.40:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4001.48:1AaAa
Slate 5002.76:1AaAa
Slate 6004.39:1AaAa
Slate 7006.00:1AaAa
Slate 8008.47:1AaAa
Slate 90010.34:1AaAa
Black12.16:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E1CC6A
deuteranopia · #CFC07B
tritanopia · #25DBC6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #52df73 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FBF5
#E7F8EB
#CAF2D3
#A0EDB2
#71E58C
#52df73
#26CF4D
#20AC41
#198A34
#166429
#0E3E19
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F3FBF5Darkest = 950 · #0E3E19Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.048 148.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.077 148.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.115 148.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.150 148.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.177 148.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.192 148.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.192 148.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.180 148.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.161 148.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.134 148.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.106 148.1);
}

Colors that work with #52df73

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF6
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDCA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B5D
Captions on the surface
Accent#E14EE3
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#146C28
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FBEE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142418
Dark-mode background
Hover#34D95A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#24C54A
Two steps down
Disabled#C6DBCB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#5AEB7C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #52df73

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #146C28
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #20AB40

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight40/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DF52BE
Analogous left#78DF52
Analogous right#52DFB9
Split-complement 1#B952DF
Split-complement 2#DF5278
Triadic 1#7352DF
Triadic 2#DF7352
Tetradic#5278DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°134°

#52df73 sits at 134°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red32.2%
Green87.5%
Blue45.1%
R · 0–255
82
0x52
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
115
0x73

CMYK percentages

Cyan63.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow48.4%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 124%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#52df73 text on a black background

contrast 12.16:1

Card sample

#52df73 text on a white background

contrast 1.73:1

Card sample

#52df73 on grey

1.58:1

#52df73 on its own surface

1.63:1

#52df73 on its dark surface

9.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #52df73;
Background color
Panel with #52df73 background
background-color: #52df73;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #52df73;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(82, 223, 115, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(82, 223, 115, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #52df73;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #52df73, #52DFD1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #52df73, #52CADF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #52df73;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #52df73;
caret-color: #52df73;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #52df73;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FBEE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #52df73;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#52df73 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #52df73 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(82, 223, 115, 0.5)
rgb(82 223 115 / 50%)
#52df7380
hsl(134 69% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #52df73 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#52df731a#EEFCF1
20%#52df7333#DCF9E3
40%#52df7366#BAF2C7
60%#52df7399#97ECAB
80%#52df73cc#75E58F

Gradients from #52df73

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86E99D, #52df73 45%, #146C28);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #52df73, #38DAD8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #52df73, #DF52BE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9FEDB2 0%, #52df73 45%, #146C28 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A2E77D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #6CE4CE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #146C28 0%, transparent 65%), #52df73;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #52df73

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#52df73 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.16:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#52df73, answered

What color is #52df73?

#52df73 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Light Green (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 134° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #52df73?

rgb(82, 223, 115) — 82 red, 223 green and 115 blue out of 255, or 32.2% / 87.5% / 45.1% by channel.

What is #52df73 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(134, 69%, 60%) and hsv(134, 63%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #52df73 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5581 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 12.16:1.

Should I use black or white text on #52df73?

Black. It scores 12.16:1 against #52df73, versus 1.73:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #52df73 accessible on a white background?

#52df73 on white scores 1.73:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #198933 to reach 4.5:1, or #136626 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #52df73?

#DF52BE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B952DF and #DF5278, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #52df73?

For interface work: #F4FAF6 as the surface, #C0EDCA for borders, #4B9B5D for secondary text, #E14EE3 as an accent and #146C28 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #78DF52 and #52DFB9 stays calm, while #DF52BE is the loudest partner.

What is #52df73 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(63%, 0%, 48%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #52df73 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 68 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #65DF52; nudged cooler, #50E1A7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #52df73?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 6.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #52df73 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #52df73 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#52df73] or text-[#52df73], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #52df73 with 50% opacity?

rgba(82, 223, 115, 0.5), or #52df7380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A9EFB9; over black, #29703A.

Is #52df73 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC66, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #52df73 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #52df73?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #86E99D, #52df73 45%, #146C28). For more colour, a short hue run to #38DAD8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #52df73 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #52df73 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.