#489D7B#489D7B

#489D7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D7B
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 123)
HSL	hsl(156, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 21.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -34.11, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 35.57, 163.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0947 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.098 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3029, 26.9201, 22.9666)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D7B #9D486A

analogous

#489D50 #489D7B #48959D

triadic

#489D7B #7B489D #9D7B48

tetradic

#489D7B #50489D #9D486A #959D48

square

#489D7B #50489D #9D486A #959D48

split-complementary

#489D7B #9D4895 #9D5048

monochromatic

#224939 #35735A #489D7B #68BA99 #92CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#489D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#489D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D7B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D7B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa1',
    500: '#489d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d7b;
$custom-light: #82baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D7B

secondary

#B9889B

accent

#5B88CD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D7B

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

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