#489B8B#489B8B

#489B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.085 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B8B
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -29.27, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 29.28, 178.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0848 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.085 179)
XYZ	xyz(19.0520, 26.6827, 28.5674)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B8B #9B4858

analogous

#489B62 #489B8B #48829B

triadic

#489B8B #8B489B #9B8B48

tetradic

#489B8B #62489B #9B4858 #829B48

square

#489B8B #62489B #9B4858 #829B48

split-complementary

#489B8B #9B4882 #9B6248

monochromatic

#214740 #357166 #489B8B #68B9A9 #91CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#489B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#489B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B8B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B8B	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.085 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ac',
    500: '#489b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b8b;
$custom-light: #82b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.434,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63311,
    "c": 0.08483,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.26684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B8B

secondary

#B88790

accent

#5B71CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B8B

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

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