#489C97#489C97

#489C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.082 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C97
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -26.59, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 27.08, 190.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0805 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.082 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1445, 27.3871, 33.4968)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C97 #9C484D

analogous

#489C6D #489C97 #48779C

triadic

#489C97 #97489C #9C9748

tetradic

#489C97 #6D489C #9C484D #779C48

square

#489C97 #6D489C #9C484D #779C48

split-complementary

#489C97 #9C4877 #9C6D48

monochromatic

#214846 #35726E #489C97 #68B9B4 #92CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#489C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#489C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C97

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C97	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.082 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b5',
    500: '#489c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c97;
$custom-light: #83b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.08173,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C97

secondary

#B8878A

accent

#5B62CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C97

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

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