#489D78#489D78

#489D78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D78
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 120)
HSL	hsl(154, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(154, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 23.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -34.79, 11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 36.70, 161.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0962 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.101 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1180, 26.8461, 21.9927)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D78 #9D486D

analogous

#489D4D #489D78 #48989D

triadic

#489D78 #78489D #9D7848

tetradic

#489D78 #4D489D #9D486D #989D48

square

#489D78 #4D489D #9D486D #989D48

split-complementary

#489D78 #9D4898 #9D4D48

monochromatic

#224938 #357358 #489D78 #68BA96 #92CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#489D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#489D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D78

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D78	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ba9f',
    500: '#489d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d78;
$custom-light: #82ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.882,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63278,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D78

secondary

#B9889D

accent

#5B8CCD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D78

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

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