#489D85#489D85

#489D85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D85
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -31.74, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 32.10, 171.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.09 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.091 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9612, 27.1834, 26.4334)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D85 #9D4860

analogous

#489D5B #489D85 #488A9D

triadic

#489D85 #85489D #9D8548

tetradic

#489D85 #5B489D #9D4860 #8A9D48

square

#489D85 #5B489D #9D4860 #8A9D48

split-complementary

#489D85 #9D488A #9D5B48

monochromatic

#22493E #357361 #489D85 #68BAA3 #92CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#489D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#489D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D85

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D85	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)

#999484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa8',
    500: '#489d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d85;
$custom-light: #82baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.059,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D85

secondary

#B98896

accent

#5B7BCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D85

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

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