#489C99#489C99

#489C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.081 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489C99
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -26.05, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 26.77, 193.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0796 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.081 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3083, 27.4526, 34.3595)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489C99 #9C484B

analogous

#489C6F #489C99 #48759C

triadic

#489C99 #99489C #9C9948

tetradic

#489C99 #6F489C #9C484B #759C48

square

#489C99 #6F489C #9C484B #759C48

split-complementary

#489C99 #9C4875 #9C6F48

monochromatic

#214847 #357270 #489C99 #68B9B6 #92CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#489C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#489C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489C99

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489C99	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.081 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9b7',
    500: '#489c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489c99;
$custom-light: #83b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6402,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489C99

secondary

#B88789

accent

#5B5FCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489C99

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

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