#489C91#489C91

#489C91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C91
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 145)
HSL	hsl(172, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -28.20, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 28.27, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0832 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.083 184)
XYZ	xyz(19.6696, 27.1972, 30.9956)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C91 #9C4853

analogous

#489C67 #489C91 #487D9C

triadic

#489C91 #91489C #9C9148

tetradic

#489C91 #67489C #9C4853 #7D9C48

square

#489C91 #67489C #9C4853 #7D9C48

split-complementary

#489C91 #9C487D #9C6748

monochromatic

#214843 #35726A #489C91 #68B9AF #92CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#489C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#489C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C91

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C91	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b9b1',
    500: '#489c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c91;
$custom-light: #82b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63753,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.27199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C91

secondary

#B8878E

accent

#5B6ACD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C91

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

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