#489B99#489B99

#489B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.081 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489B99
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -25.54, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 26.39, 194.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0784 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.081 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1412, 27.1184, 34.3038)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489B99 #9B484A

analogous

#489B70 #489B99 #48749B

triadic

#489B99 #99489B #9B9948

tetradic

#489B99 #70489B #9B484A #749B48

square

#489B99 #70489B #9B484A #749B48

split-complementary

#489B99 #9B4874 #9B7048

monochromatic

#214747 #357170 #489B99 #68B9B7 #91CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#489B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#489B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489B99

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489B99	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.081 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b7',
    500: '#489b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489b99;
$custom-light: #83b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.554,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63772,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489B99

secondary

#B88788

accent

#5B5ECD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489B99

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

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