#489B7C#489B7C

#489B7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.095 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B7C
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 124)
HSL	hsl(158, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 20%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -32.95, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 34.07, 165.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0919 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.095 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0302, 26.2740, 23.1861)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B7C #9B4867

analogous

#489B52 #489B7C #48919B

triadic

#489B7C #7C489B #9B7C48

tetradic

#489B7C #52489B #9B4867 #919B48

square

#489B7C #52489B #9B4867 #919B48

split-complementary

#489B7C #9B4891 #9B5248

monochromatic

#214739 #35715B #489B7C #68B99A #91CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#489B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#489B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B7C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B7C	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98917A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.095 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9a2',
    500: '#489b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b7c;
$custom-light: #81b9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.59,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B7C

secondary

#B88799

accent

#5B86CD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B7C

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

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