#489C8A#489C8A

#489C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.087 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C8A
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -30.01, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 30.06, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0864 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.087 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1464, 26.9879, 28.2400)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C8A #9C485A

analogous

#489C60 #489C8A #48849C

triadic

#489C8A #8A489C #9C8A48

tetradic

#489C8A #60489C #9C485A #849C48

square

#489C8A #60489C #9C485A #849C48

split-complementary

#489C8A #9C4884 #9C6048

monochromatic

#214840 #357265 #489C8A #68B9A8 #92CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#489C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#489C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C8A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C8A	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)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.087 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ac',
    500: '#489c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c8a;
$custom-light: #82b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63532,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C8A

secondary

#B88792

accent

#5B73CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C8A

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

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