#489B82#489B82

#489B82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.090 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B82
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 130)
HSL	hsl(162, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 16.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -31.52, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 32.00, 170.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0891 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.09 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4213, 26.4305, 25.2456)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B82 #9B4861

analogous

#489B59 #489B82 #488B9B

triadic

#489B82 #82489B #9B8248

tetradic

#489B82 #59489B #9B4861 #8B9B48

square

#489B82 #59489B #9B4861 #8B9B48

split-complementary

#489B82 #9B488B #9B5948

monochromatic

#21473C #35715F #489B82 #68B9A0 #91CCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#489B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#489B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B82

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B82	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.090 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a6',
    500: '#489b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b82;
$custom-light: #82b9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.928,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63042,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B82

secondary

#B88796

accent

#5B7DCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B82

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

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