#489D7C#489D7C

#489D7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.097 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D7C
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 124)
HSL	hsl(157, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 21%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -33.88, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 35.20, 164.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0943 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.097 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3658, 26.9453, 23.2980)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D7C #9D4869

analogous

#489D52 #489D7C #48949D

triadic

#489D7C #7C489D #9D7C48

tetradic

#489D7C #52489D #9D4869 #949D48

square

#489D7C #52489D #9D4869 #949D48

split-complementary

#489D7C #9D4894 #9D5248

monochromatic

#22493A #35735B #489D7C #68BA9A #92CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#489D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#489D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D7C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D7C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A937A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.097 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa2',
    500: '#489d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d7c;
$custom-light: #82baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.706,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63384,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D7C

secondary

#B9889B

accent

#5B87CD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D7C

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

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