#489C98#489C98

#489C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.082 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C98
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -26.32, -5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 26.92, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.08 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.082 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2261, 27.4197, 33.9263)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C98 #9C484C

analogous

#489C6E #489C98 #48769C

triadic

#489C98 #98489C #9C9848

tetradic

#489C98 #6E489C #9C484C #769C48

square

#489C98 #6E489C #9C484C #769C48

split-complementary

#489C98 #9C4876 #9C6E48

monochromatic

#214846 #35726F #489C98 #68B9B5 #92CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#489C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#489C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C98

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C98	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)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.082 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b6',
    500: '#489c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c98;
$custom-light: #83b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C98

secondary

#B8878A

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C98

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

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