#489C8D#489C8D

#489C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.085 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C8D
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -29.25, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 29.25, 179.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.085 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.085 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3666, 27.0760, 29.3997)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C8D #9C4857

analogous

#489C63 #489C8D #48819C

triadic

#489C8D #8D489C #9C8D48

tetradic

#489C8D #63489C #9C4857 #819C48

square

#489C8D #63489C #9C4857 #819C48

split-complementary

#489C8D #9C4881 #9C6348

monochromatic

#214841 #357267 #489C8D #68B9AB #92CDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#489C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#489C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C8D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C8D	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.085 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9ae',
    500: '#489c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c8d;
$custom-light: #82b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C8D

secondary

#B88790

accent

#5B6FCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C8D

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

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