#489D7E#489D7E

#489D7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.096 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D7E
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 19.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -33.42, 8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 34.48, 165.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0933 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.096 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4936, 26.9964, 23.9709)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D7E #9D4867

analogous

#489D54 #489D7E #48919D

triadic

#489D7E #7E489D #9D7E48

tetradic

#489D7E #54489D #9D4867 #919D48

square

#489D7E #54489D #9D4867 #919D48

split-complementary

#489D7E #9D4891 #9D5448

monochromatic

#22493B #35735C #489D7E #68BA9C #92CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#489D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#489D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D7E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D7E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A937C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.096 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa3',
    500: '#489d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d7e;
$custom-light: #82baa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.118,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D7E

secondary

#B9889A

accent

#5B84CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D7E

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

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