#489A8A#489A8A

#489A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.084 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A8A
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -29.04, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 29.06, 178.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0841 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.084 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8135, 26.3222, 28.1291)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A8A #9A4858

analogous

#489A61 #489A8A #48819A

triadic

#489A8A #8A489A #9A8A48

tetradic

#489A8A #61489A #9A4858 #819A48

square

#489A8A #61489A #9A4858 #819A48

split-complementary

#489A8A #9A4881 #9A6148

monochromatic

#21473F #357065 #489A8A #67B8A8 #91CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#489A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#489A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A8A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A8A	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.084 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8ac',
    500: '#489a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a8a;
$custom-light: #82b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.293,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63029,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A8A

secondary

#B78690

accent

#5C72CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A8A

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

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