#489B83#489B83

#489B83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.089 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B83
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 131)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -31.28, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 31.67, 171.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0886 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.089 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4887, 26.4574, 25.6008)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B83 #9B4860

analogous

#489B5A #489B83 #488A9B

triadic

#489B83 #83489B #9B8348

tetradic

#489B83 #5A489B #9B4860 #8A9B48

square

#489B83 #5A489B #9B4860 #8A9B48

split-complementary

#489B83 #9B488A #9B5A48

monochromatic

#21473C #357160 #489B83 #68B9A1 #91CCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#489B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#489B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B83

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B83	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)

#979282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.089 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a7',
    500: '#489b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b83;
$custom-light: #82b9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.651,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63071,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B83

secondary

#B88795

accent

#5B7CCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B83

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

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