#489B7E#489B7E

#489B7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.093 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B7E
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -32.48, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 33.36, 166.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.091 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.093 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1580, 26.3251, 23.8590)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B7E #9B4865

analogous

#489B55 #489B7E #488F9B

triadic

#489B7E #7E489B #9B7E48

tetradic

#489B7E #55489B #9B4865 #8F9B48

square

#489B7E #55489B #9B4865 #8F9B48

split-complementary

#489B7E #9B488F #9B5548

monochromatic

#21473A #35715C #489B7E #68B99C #91CCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#489B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#489B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B7E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B7E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.093 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a3',
    500: '#489b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b7e;
$custom-light: #82b9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.036,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62928,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B7E

secondary

#B88798

accent

#5B83CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B7E

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

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