#489A79#489A79

#489A79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.096 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A79
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(156, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(156, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -33.18, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 34.60, 163.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0922 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.096 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6777, 25.8678, 22.1469)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A79 #9A4869

analogous

#489A50 #489A79 #48929A

triadic

#489A79 #79489A #9A7948

tetradic

#489A79 #50489A #9A4869 #929A48

square

#489A79 #50489A #9A4869 #929A48

split-complementary

#489A79 #9A4892 #9A5048

monochromatic

#214737 #357058 #489A79 #67B897 #91CCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#489A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#489A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A79

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A79	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.096 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b89f',
    500: '#489a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a79;
$custom-light: #81b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.854,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A79

secondary

#B7869A

accent

#5C89CC

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A79

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

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