#489A98#489A98

#489A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.080 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A98
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -25.32, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 26.15, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0777 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.08 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8932, 26.7541, 33.8154)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A98 #9A484A

analogous

#489A6F #489A98 #48739A

triadic

#489A98 #98489A #9A9848

tetradic

#489A98 #6F489A #9A484A #739A48

square

#489A98 #6F489A #9A484A #739A48

split-complementary

#489A98 #9A4873 #9A6F48

monochromatic

#214746 #35706F #489A98 #67B8B6 #91CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#489A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#489A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A98

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A98	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.080 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b6',
    500: '#489a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a98;
$custom-light: #83b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A98

secondary

#B78688

accent

#5C5ECC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A98

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

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