#489C86#489C86

#489C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C86
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -31.02, 3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 31.25, 172.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0883 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.089 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8621, 26.8742, 26.7429)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C86 #9C485E

analogous

#489C5C #489C86 #48889C

triadic

#489C86 #86489C #9C8648

tetradic

#489C86 #5C489C #9C485E #889C48

square

#489C86 #5C489C #9C485E #889C48

split-complementary

#489C86 #9C4888 #9C5C48

monochromatic

#21483E #357262 #489C86 #68B9A4 #92CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#489C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#489C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C86

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C86	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#489c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c86;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63412,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C86

secondary

#B88794

accent

#5B79CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C86

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

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