#489B87#489B87

#489B87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.087 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B87
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 135)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -30.29, 2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 30.42, 174.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0867 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.087 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7651, 26.5680, 27.0562)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B87 #9B485C

analogous

#489B5E #489B87 #48869B

triadic

#489B87 #87489B #9B8748

tetradic

#489B87 #5E489B #9B485C #869B48

square

#489B87 #5E489B #9B485C #869B48

split-complementary

#489B87 #9B4886 #9B5E48

monochromatic

#21473E #357163 #489B87 #68B9A5 #91CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#489B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#489B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B87

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B87	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)

#969286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.087 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#489b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b87;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.542,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63189,
    "c": 0.08698,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B87

secondary

#B88793

accent

#5B77CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B87

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

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