#489D87#489D87

#489D87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D87
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 135)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 14%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -31.25, 3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 31.47, 173.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.089 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.09 174)
XYZ	xyz(19.1007, 27.2392, 27.1681)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D87 #9D485E

analogous

#489D5D #489D87 #48889D

triadic

#489D87 #87489D #9D8748

tetradic

#489D87 #5D489D #9D485E #889D48

square

#489D87 #5D489D #9D485E #889D48

split-complementary

#489D87 #9D4888 #9D5D48

monochromatic

#22493F #357363 #489D87 #68BAA5 #92CDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#489D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#489D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D87

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D87	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baa9',
    500: '#489d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d87;
$custom-light: #82baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.471,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.27241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D87

secondary

#B98895

accent

#5B78CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D87

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

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