#489B91#489B91

#489B91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B91
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -27.71, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 27.82, 185.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.082 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.082 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5025, 26.8629, 30.9399)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B91 #9B4852

analogous

#489B68 #489B91 #487C9B

triadic

#489B91 #91489B #9B9148

tetradic

#489B91 #68489B #9B4852 #7C9B48

square

#489B91 #68489B #9B4852 #7C9B48

split-complementary

#489B91 #9B487C #9B6848

monochromatic

#214743 #35716A #489B91 #68B9AF #91CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#489B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#489B91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B91

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B91	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9b1',
    500: '#489b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b91;
$custom-light: #82b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.771,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63503,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B91

secondary

#B8878D

accent

#5B69CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B91

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

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