#489A97#489A97

#489A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.080 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A97
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -25.59, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 26.30, 193.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0782 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.08 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8117, 26.7214, 33.3859)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A97 #9A484B

analogous

#489A6E #489A97 #48749A

triadic

#489A97 #97489A #9A9748

tetradic

#489A97 #6E489A #9A484B #749A48

square

#489A97 #6E489A #9A484B #749A48

split-complementary

#489A97 #9A4874 #9A6E48

monochromatic

#214745 #35706E #489A97 #67B8B5 #91CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#489A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#489A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A97

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A97	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)

#929397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.080 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b5',
    500: '#489a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a97;
$custom-light: #83b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.805,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63455,
    "c": 0.07994,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A97

secondary

#B78688

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A97

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

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