#489C85#489C85

#489C85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C85
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 133)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 14.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -31.26, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 31.57, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0888 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.089 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7927, 26.8464, 26.3773)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C85 #9C485F

analogous

#489C5B #489C85 #48899C

triadic

#489C85 #85489C #9C8548

tetradic

#489C85 #5B489C #9C485F #899C48

square

#489C85 #5B489C #9C485F #899C48

split-complementary

#489C85 #9C4889 #9C5B48

monochromatic

#21483E #357261 #489C85 #68B9A3 #92CDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#489C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#489C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C85

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C85	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)

#989384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a8',
    500: '#489c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c85;
$custom-light: #82b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.571,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63382,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C85

secondary

#B88795

accent

#5B7ACD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C85

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

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