#489A99#489A99

#489A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.080 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489A99
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -25.04, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 26.02, 195.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0773 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.08 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9755, 26.7870, 34.2485)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489A99 #9A4849

analogous

#489A70 #489A99 #48729A

triadic

#489A99 #99489A #9A9948

tetradic

#489A99 #70489A #9A4849 #729A48

square

#489A99 #70489A #9A4849 #729A48

split-complementary

#489A99 #9A4872 #9A7048

monochromatic

#214746 #357070 #489A99 #67B8B7 #91CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#489A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#489A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489A99

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489A99	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.080 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b8b7',
    500: '#489a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489a99;
$custom-light: #83b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.268,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63524,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489A99

secondary

#B78687

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489A99

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

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