#489C8E#489C8E

#489C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.085 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -28.99, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 28.99, 180.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0846 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.085 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4413, 27.1059, 29.7934)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C8E #9C4856

analogous

#489C64 #489C8E #48809C

triadic

#489C8E #8E489C #9C8E48

tetradic

#489C8E #64489C #9C4856 #809C48

square

#489C8E #64489C #9C4856 #809C48

split-complementary

#489C8E #9C4880 #9C6448

monochromatic

#214842 #357268 #489C8E #68B9AC #92CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#489C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#489C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C8E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C8E	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)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.085 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9af',
    500: '#489c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c8e;
$custom-light: #82b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63657,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C8E

secondary

#B88790

accent

#5B6ECD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C8E

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

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