#489A8F#489A8F

#489A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.082 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A8F
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -27.74, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 27.81, 183.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0818 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.082 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1839, 26.4703, 30.0796)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A8F #9A4853

analogous

#489A66 #489A8F #487C9A

triadic

#489A8F #8F489A #9A8F48

tetradic

#489A8F #66489A #9A4853 #7C9A48

square

#489A8F #66489A #9A4853 #7C9A48

split-complementary

#489A8F #9A487C #9A6648

monochromatic

#214742 #357068 #489A8F #67B8AD #91CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#489A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#489A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A8F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A8F	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)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.082 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8af',
    500: '#489a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a8f;
$custom-light: #82b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.951,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63187,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A8F

secondary

#B7868D

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A8F

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

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