#489D79#489D79

#489D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D79
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(155, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(155, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -34.57, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 36.32, 162.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0957 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.1 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1790, 26.8705, 22.3140)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D79 #9D486C

analogous

#489D4E #489D79 #48979D

triadic

#489D79 #79489D #9D7948

tetradic

#489D79 #4E489D #9D486C #979D48

square

#489D79 #4E489D #9D486C #979D48

split-complementary

#489D79 #9D4897 #9D4E48

monochromatic

#224938 #357359 #489D79 #68BA97 #92CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#489D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#489D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D79

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D79	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ba9f',
    500: '#489d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d79;
$custom-light: #82ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63304,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D79

secondary

#B9889D

accent

#5B8BCD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D79

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

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