#489C87#489C87

#489C87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.088 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C87
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 135)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 13.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -30.77, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 30.94, 173.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0879 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.088 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9322, 26.9022, 27.1119)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C87 #9C485D

analogous

#489C5D #489C87 #48879C

triadic

#489C87 #87489C #9C8748

tetradic

#489C87 #5D489C #9C485D #879C48

square

#489C87 #5D489C #9C485D #879C48

split-complementary

#489C87 #9C4887 #9C5D48

monochromatic

#21483F #357263 #489C87 #68B9A5 #92CDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#489C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#489C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C87

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C87	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)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.088 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9a9',
    500: '#489c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c87;
$custom-light: #82b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C87

secondary

#B88794

accent

#5B77CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C87

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

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