#489A8E#489A8E

#489A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.082 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A8E
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(171, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -28.01, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 28.04, 182.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0823 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.082 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1085, 26.4402, 29.6824)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A8E #9A4854

analogous

#489A65 #489A8E #487D9A

triadic

#489A8E #8E489A #9A8E48

tetradic

#489A8E #65489A #9A4854 #7D9A48

square

#489A8E #65489A #9A4854 #7D9A48

split-complementary

#489A8E #9A487D #9A6548

monochromatic

#214741 #357068 #489A8E #67B8AC #91CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#489A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#489A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A8E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A8E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.082 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8af',
    500: '#489a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a8e;
$custom-light: #82b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63155,
    "c": 0.08236,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A8E

secondary

#B7868E

accent

#5C6CCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A8E

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

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