#489A7D#489A7D

#489A7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.092 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A7D
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 125)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -32.25, 7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 33.15, 166.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0903 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.092 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9281, 25.9680, 23.4656)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A7D #9A4865

analogous

#489A54 #489A7D #488E9A

triadic

#489A7D #7D489A #9A7D48

tetradic

#489A7D #54489A #9A4865 #8E9A48

square

#489A7D #54489A #9A4865 #8E9A48

split-complementary

#489A7D #9A488E #9A5448

monochromatic

#214739 #35705B #489A7D #67B89B #91CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#489A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#489A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A7D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A7D	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.092 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8a2',
    500: '#489a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a7d;
$custom-light: #81b8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.78,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62646,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A7D

secondary

#B78698

accent

#5C83CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A7D

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

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