#489E7C#489E7C

#489E7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E7C
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 124)
HSL	hsl(156, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(156, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 21.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -34.35, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 35.77, 163.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0954 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.099 165)
XYZ	xyz(18.5357, 27.2850, 23.3546)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E7C #9E486A

analogous

#489E51 #489E7C #48959E

triadic

#489E7C #7C489E #9E7C48

tetradic

#489E7C #51489E #9E486A #959E48

square

#489E7C #51489E #9E486A #959E48

split-complementary

#489E7C #9E4895 #9E5148

monochromatic

#224A3A #35745B #489E7C #69BB9A #93CEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#489E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#489E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E7C

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E7C	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B947A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bba2',
    500: '#489e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e7c;
$custom-light: #82bba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.279,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63639,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.27287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E7C

secondary

#BA889C

accent

#5A88CD

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E7C

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

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