#489B8A#489B8A

#489B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B8A
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -29.53, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 29.56, 177.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0853 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.085 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9793, 26.6537, 28.1843)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B8A #9B4859

analogous

#489B61 #489B8A #48839B

triadic

#489B8A #8A489B #9B8A48

tetradic

#489B8A #61489B #9B4859 #839B48

square

#489B8A #61489B #9B4859 #839B48

split-complementary

#489B8A #9B4883 #9B6148

monochromatic

#214740 #357165 #489B8A #68B9A8 #91CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#489B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#489B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B8A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B8A	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)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ac',
    500: '#489b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b8a;
$custom-light: #82b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.711,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.08534,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B8A

secondary

#B88791

accent

#5B72CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B8A

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

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