#489B8F#489B8F

#489B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.083 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B8F
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -28.24, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 28.27, 182.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.083 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.083 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3496, 26.8018, 30.1348)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B8F #9B4854

analogous

#489B65 #489B8F #487E9B

triadic

#489B8F #8F489B #9B8F48

tetradic

#489B8F #65489B #9B4854 #7E9B48

square

#489B8F #65489B #9B4854 #7E9B48

split-complementary

#489B8F #9B487E #9B6548

monochromatic

#214742 #357168 #489B8F #68B9AD #91CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#489B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#489B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B8F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B8F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.083 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9af',
    500: '#489b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b8f;
$custom-light: #82b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.325,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B8F

secondary

#B8878E

accent

#5B6CCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B8F

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

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