#489C8F#489C8F

#489C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.084 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C8F
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -28.73, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 28.74, 181.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0841 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.084 182)
XYZ	xyz(19.5167, 27.1360, 30.1905)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C8F #9C4855

analogous

#489C65 #489C8F #487F9C

triadic

#489C8F #8F489C #9C8F48

tetradic

#489C8F #65489C #9C4855 #7F9C48

square

#489C8F #65489C #9C4855 #7F9C48

split-complementary

#489C8F #9C487F #9C6548

monochromatic

#214842 #357269 #489C8F #68B9AD #92CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#489C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#489C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C8F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C8F	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.084 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9af',
    500: '#489c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c8f;
$custom-light: #82b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63689,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.27138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C8F

secondary

#B8878F

accent

#5B6DCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C8F

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

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