#489990#489990

#489990 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.081 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489990
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -26.98, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 27.13, 185.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0802 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.081 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0956, 26.1721, 30.4255)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489990 #994851

analogous

#489968 #489990 #487A99

triadic

#489990 #904899 #999048

tetradic

#489990 #684899 #994851 #7A9948

square

#489990 #684899 #994851 #7A9948

split-complementary

#489990 #99487A #996848

monochromatic

#214642 #346F69 #489990 #67B7AE #90CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#489990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#489990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489990

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489990	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.081 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b7b0',
    500: '#489990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489990;
$custom-light: #82b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489990

secondary

#B7868B

accent

#5C68CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489990

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

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