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Bubbly Mauritius

#52b673
Notes

Bubbly Mauritius (#52B673) is a true green with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (140°, 41%, 52%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary magenta. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#52b673
RGB
rgb(82, 182, 115)
HSL
hsl(140, 41%, 52%)
HWB
hwb(140 32% 29%)
OKLCH
oklch(69.9% 0.136 152.1)
HSV
hsv(140, 55%, 71%)
LAB
lab(66.89% -44.35 25.50)
LCH
lch(66.89% 51.16 150.11)
CMYK
cmyk(55%, 0%, 37%, 29%)

Etymology

Bubbly
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of bubbles. As a color modifier, bubbly implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-cheerful quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to fizzy and effervescent in usage.

Mauritius
noun

The Indian Ocean island east of Madagascar — and the saturated turquoise of Mauritian lagoon water at Le Morne and Tamarin Bay. Mauritius color refers to a Mauritian lagoon at midday: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the optical clarity of warm Indian Ocean water.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#52b673
Original
#b6a96f
Protanopia
#a99f77
Deuteranopia
#38b4a5
Tritanopia
#9c9c9c
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.53:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
8.30:1

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