#489A96#489A96

#489A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.080 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A96
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -25.87, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 26.45, 192.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0786 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.08 191)
XYZ	xyz(19.7308, 26.6891, 32.9600)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A96 #9A484C

analogous

#489A6D #489A96 #48759A

triadic

#489A96 #96489A #9A9648

tetradic

#489A96 #6D489A #9A484C #759A48

square

#489A96 #6D489A #9A484C #759A48

split-complementary

#489A96 #9A4875 #9A6D48

monochromatic

#214745 #35706D #489A96 #67B8B4 #91CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#489A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#489A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A96

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A96	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.080 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b4',
    500: '#489a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a96;
$custom-light: #83b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.26691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A96

secondary

#B78689

accent

#5C61CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A96

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

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