#489B8D#489B8D

#489B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.084 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B8D
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -28.76, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 28.76, 180.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0839 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.084 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1995, 26.7417, 29.3440)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B8D #9B4856

analogous

#489B64 #489B8D #487F9B

triadic

#489B8D #8D489B #9B8D48

tetradic

#489B8D #64489B #9B4856 #7F9B48

square

#489B8D #64489B #9B4856 #7F9B48

split-complementary

#489B8D #9B487F #9B6448

monochromatic

#214741 #357167 #489B8D #68B9AB #91CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#489B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#489B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B8D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B8D	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.084 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ae',
    500: '#489b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b8d;
$custom-light: #82b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.88,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63374,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B8D

secondary

#B8878F

accent

#5B6ECD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B8D

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

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