#489B96#489B96

#489B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.081 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B96
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -26.37, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 26.85, 190.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0798 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.081 190)
XYZ	xyz(19.8965, 27.0206, 33.0152)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B96 #9B484D

analogous

#489B6D #489B96 #48769B

triadic

#489B96 #96489B #9B9648

tetradic

#489B96 #6D489B #9B484D #769B48

square

#489B96 #6D489B #9B484D #769B48

split-complementary

#489B96 #9B4876 #9B6D48

monochromatic

#214745 #35716E #489B96 #68B9B4 #91CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#489B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#489B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B96

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B96	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.081 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b4',
    500: '#489b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b96;
$custom-light: #83b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.386,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63669,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.27022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B96

secondary

#B8878A

accent

#5B62CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B96

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

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