#489A91#489A91

#489A91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.081 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A91
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 5.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -27.21, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 27.37, 186.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0809 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.081 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3367, 26.5315, 30.8846)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A91 #9A4851

analogous

#489A68 #489A91 #487A9A

triadic

#489A91 #91489A #9A9148

tetradic

#489A91 #68489A #9A4851 #7A9A48

square

#489A91 #68489A #9A4851 #7A9A48

split-complementary

#489A91 #9A487A #9A6848

monochromatic

#214742 #35706A #489A91 #67B8AF #91CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#489A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#489A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A91

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A91	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.081 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b8b1',
    500: '#489a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a91;
$custom-light: #82b8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.415,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63253,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A91

secondary

#B7868C

accent

#5C68CC

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A91

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

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