#489A7E#489A7E

#489A7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.092 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A7E
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 126)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 18.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -32.01, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 32.80, 167.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0898 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.092 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9923, 25.9937, 23.8037)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A7E #9A4864

analogous

#489A55 #489A7E #488D9A

triadic

#489A7E #7E489A #9A7E48

tetradic

#489A7E #55489A #9A4864 #8D9A48

square

#489A7E #55489A #9A4864 #8D9A48

split-complementary

#489A7E #9A488D #9A5548

monochromatic

#21473A #35705C #489A7E #67B89C #91CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#489A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#489A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A7E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A7E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.092 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8a3',
    500: '#489a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a7e;
$custom-light: #81b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.512,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A7E

secondary

#B78697

accent

#5C82CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A7E

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

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