#489B85#489B85

#489B85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.088 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B85
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 133)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -30.79, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 31.03, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0876 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.088 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6256, 26.5122, 26.3216)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B85 #9B485E

analogous

#489B5B #489B85 #48889B

triadic

#489B85 #85489B #9B8548

tetradic

#489B85 #5B489B #9B485E #889B48

square

#489B85 #5B489B #9B485E #889B48

split-complementary

#489B85 #9B4888 #9B5B48

monochromatic

#21473D #357161 #489B85 #68B9A3 #91CCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#489B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#489B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B85

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B85	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.088 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a8',
    500: '#489b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b85;
$custom-light: #82b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.096,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B85

secondary

#B88794

accent

#5B79CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B85

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

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