#489B78#489B78

#489B78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B78
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 120)
HSL	hsl(155, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 22.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -33.87, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 35.55, 162.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0938 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.098 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7824, 26.1749, 21.8808)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B78 #9B486B

analogous

#489B4F #489B78 #48959B

triadic

#489B78 #78489B #9B7848

tetradic

#489B78 #4F489B #9B486B #959B48

square

#489B78 #4F489B #9B486B #959B48

split-complementary

#489B78 #9B4895 #9B4F48

monochromatic

#214737 #357158 #489B78 #68B996 #91CCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#489B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#489B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B78

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B78	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b99f',
    500: '#489b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b78;
$custom-light: #81b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.699,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62766,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B78

secondary

#B8879C

accent

#5B8BCD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B78

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

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