#489C7E#489C7E

#489C7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.094 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C7E
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 19.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -32.95, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 33.92, 166.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0921 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.094 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3251, 26.6594, 23.9147)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C7E #9C4866

analogous

#489C54 #489C7E #48909C

triadic

#489C7E #7E489C #9C7E48

tetradic

#489C7E #54489C #9C4866 #909C48

square

#489C7E #54489C #9C4866 #909C48

split-complementary

#489C7E #9C4890 #9C5448

monochromatic

#21483A #35725C #489C7E #68B99C #92CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#489C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#489C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C7E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C7E	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99927C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.094 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa3',
    500: '#489c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c7e;
$custom-light: #82baa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63183,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C7E

secondary

#B88799

accent

#5B84CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C7E

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

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