#489B79#489B79

#489B79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B79
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -33.64, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 35.17, 163.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0934 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.097 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8434, 26.1993, 22.2021)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B79 #9B486A

analogous

#489B50 #489B79 #48949B

triadic

#489B79 #79489B #9B7948

tetradic

#489B79 #50489B #9B486A #949B48

square

#489B79 #50489B #9B486A #949B48

split-complementary

#489B79 #9B4894 #9B5048

monochromatic

#214738 #357158 #489B79 #68B997 #91CCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#489B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#489B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B79

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B79	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)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b99f',
    500: '#489b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b79;
$custom-light: #81b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.422,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62793,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B79

secondary

#B8879B

accent

#5B8ACD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B79

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

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