#489D86#489D86

#489D86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D86
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 134)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 14.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -31.50, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 31.78, 172.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0895 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.09 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0306, 27.2112, 26.7990)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D86 #9D485F

analogous

#489D5C #489D86 #48899D

triadic

#489D86 #86489D #9D8648

tetradic

#489D86 #5C489D #9D485F #899D48

square

#489D86 #5C489D #9D485F #899D48

split-complementary

#489D86 #9D4889 #9D5C48

monochromatic

#22493E #357362 #489D86 #68BAA4 #92CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#489D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#489D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D86

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D86	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)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa9',
    500: '#489d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d86;
$custom-light: #82baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.765,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63665,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D86

secondary

#B98895

accent

#5B7ACD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D86

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

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