#489B94#489B94

#489B94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.081 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B94
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 148)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -26.91, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 27.21, 188.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0807 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.081 188)
XYZ	xyz(19.7369, 26.9567, 32.1743)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B94 #9B484F

analogous

#489B6B #489B94 #48799B

triadic

#489B94 #94489B #9B9448

tetradic

#489B94 #6B489B #9B484F #799B48

square

#489B94 #6B489B #9B484F #799B48

split-complementary

#489B94 #9B4879 #9B6B48

monochromatic

#214744 #35716C #489B94 #68B9B2 #91CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#489B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#489B94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B94

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B94	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.081 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b3',
    500: '#489b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b94;
$custom-light: #83b9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.94,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63602,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.26959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B94

secondary

#B8878B

accent

#5B65CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B94

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

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