#489A87#489A87

#489A87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.086 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A87
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 135)
HSL	hsl(166, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -29.81, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 29.90, 175.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0855 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.086 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5993, 26.2365, 27.0010)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A87 #9A485B

analogous

#489A5E #489A87 #48849A

triadic

#489A87 #87489A #9A8748

tetradic

#489A87 #5E489A #9A485B #849A48

square

#489A87 #5E489A #9A485B #849A48

split-complementary

#489A87 #9A4884 #9A5E48

monochromatic

#21473E #357062 #489A87 #67B8A5 #91CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#489A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#489A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A87

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A87	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.086 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8a9',
    500: '#489a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a87;
$custom-light: #82b8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.098,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A87

secondary

#B78692

accent

#5C76CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A87

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

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