#489A8D#489A8D

#489A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.083 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A8D
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -28.27, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 28.28, 181.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0827 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.083 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0337, 26.4103, 29.2888)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A8D #9A4855

analogous

#489A64 #489A8D #487E9A

triadic

#489A8D #8D489A #9A8D48

tetradic

#489A8D #64489A #9A4855 #7E9A48

square

#489A8D #64489A #9A4855 #7E9A48

split-complementary

#489A8D #9A487E #9A6448

monochromatic

#214741 #357067 #489A8D #67B8AB #91CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#489A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#489A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A8D

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A8D	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.083 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8ae',
    500: '#489a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a8d;
$custom-light: #82b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.488,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63123,
    "c": 0.08276,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A8D

secondary

#B7868E

accent

#5C6DCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A8D

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

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