#489B89#489B89

#489B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.086 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B89
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -29.78, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 29.84, 176.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0858 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.086 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9072, 26.6248, 27.8048)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B89 #9B485A

analogous

#489B60 #489B89 #48849B

triadic

#489B89 #89489B #9B8948

tetradic

#489B89 #60489B #9B485A #849B48

square

#489B89 #60489B #9B485A #849B48

split-complementary

#489B89 #9B4884 #9B6048

monochromatic

#21473F #357164 #489B89 #68B9A7 #91CCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#489B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#489B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B89

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B89	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.086 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ab',
    500: '#489b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b89;
$custom-light: #82b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.988,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B89

secondary

#B88792

accent

#5B74CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B89

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

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