#489C8B#489C8B

#489C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C8B
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -29.76, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 29.78, 177.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.086 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.086 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2191, 27.0170, 28.6231)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C8B #9C4859

analogous

#489C61 #489C8B #48839C

triadic

#489C8B #8B489C #9C8B48

tetradic

#489C8B #61489C #9C4859 #839C48

square

#489C8B #61489C #9C4859 #839C48

split-complementary

#489C8B #9C4883 #9C6148

monochromatic

#214840 #357266 #489C8B #68B9A9 #92CDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#489C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#489C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C8B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C8B	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)

#96948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ac',
    500: '#489c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c8b;
$custom-light: #82b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.857,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63563,
    "c": 0.08602,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C8B

secondary

#B88791

accent

#5B72CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C8B

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

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