#489B86#489B86

#489B86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.088 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B86
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 134)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -30.54, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 30.72, 173.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0872 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.088 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6950, 26.5399, 26.6872)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B86 #9B485D

analogous

#489B5C #489B86 #48879B

triadic

#489B86 #86489B #9B8648

tetradic

#489B86 #5C489B #9B485D #879B48

square

#489B86 #5C489B #9B485D #879B48

split-complementary

#489B86 #9B4887 #9B5C48

monochromatic

#21473E #357162 #489B86 #68B9A4 #91CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#489B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#489B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B86

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B86	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.088 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#489b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b86;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.819,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63159,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B86

secondary

#B88793

accent

#5B78CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B86

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

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