#489D88#489D88

#489D88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.089 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D88
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 136)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -31.00, 3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 31.16, 174.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0885 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.089 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1714, 27.2675, 27.5406)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D88 #9D485D

analogous

#489D5D #489D88 #48889D

triadic

#489D88 #88489D #9D8848

tetradic

#489D88 #5D489D #9D485D #889D48

square

#489D88 #5D489D #9D485D #889D48

split-complementary

#489D88 #9D4888 #9D5D48

monochromatic

#22493F #357364 #489D88 #68BAA6 #92CDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#489D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#489D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D88

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D88	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.089 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baaa',
    500: '#489d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d88;
$custom-light: #82baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.176,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63724,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D88

secondary

#B98894

accent

#5B77CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D88

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

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