#489E7E#489E7E

#489E7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E7E
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 20.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -33.88, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 35.04, 165.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0945 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.097 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6635, 27.3361, 24.0275)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E7E #9E4868

analogous

#489E53 #489E7E #48939E

triadic

#489E7E #7E489E #9E7E48

tetradic

#489E7E #53489E #9E4868 #939E48

square

#489E7E #53489E #9E4868 #939E48

split-complementary

#489E7E #9E4893 #9E5348

monochromatic

#224A3B #35745C #489E7E #69BB9C #93CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#489E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#489E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E7E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E7E	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B947C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bba3',
    500: '#489e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e7e;
$custom-light: #82bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.674,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63693,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E7E

secondary

#BA889B

accent

#5A85CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E7E

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

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