#489F7E#489F7E

#489F7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489F7E
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 126)
HSL	hsl(157, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 20.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -34.35, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 35.61, 164.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0956 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.099 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8348, 27.6786, 24.0846)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489F7E #9F4869

analogous

#489F52 #489F7E #48949F

triadic

#489F7E #7E489F #9F7E48

tetradic

#489F7E #52489F #9F4869 #949F48

square

#489F7E #52489F #9F4869 #949F48

split-complementary

#489F7E #9F4894 #9F5248

monochromatic

#224B3B #35755D #489F7E #69BB9C #93CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#489F7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489F7E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489F7E	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bca3',
    500: '#489f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489f7e;
$custom-light: #82bca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63948,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489F7E

secondary

#BA899B

accent

#5A86CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489F7E

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

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