#489B7A#489B7A

#489B7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.096 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B7A
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 122)
HSL	hsl(156, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 21.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -33.41, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 34.80, 163.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0929 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.096 165)
XYZ	xyz(17.9050, 26.2240, 22.5268)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B7A #9B4869

analogous

#489B51 #489B7A #48939B

triadic

#489B7A #7A489B #9B7A48

tetradic

#489B7A #51489B #9B4869 #939B48

square

#489B7A #51489B #9B4869 #939B48

split-complementary

#489B7A #9B4893 #9B5148

monochromatic

#214738 #357159 #489B7A #68B998 #91CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#489B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#489B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B7A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B7A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.096 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9a0',
    500: '#489b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b7a;
$custom-light: #81b9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.145,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.26226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B7A

secondary

#B8879A

accent

#5B88CD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B7A

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

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