#489D8A#489D8A

#489D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.088 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D8A
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -30.50, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 30.57, 175.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0876 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.088 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3149, 27.3249, 28.2962)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D8A #9D485B

analogous

#489D5F #489D8A #48869D

triadic

#489D8A #8A489D #9D8A48

tetradic

#489D8A #5F489D #9D485B #869D48

square

#489D8A #5F489D #9D485B #869D48

split-complementary

#489D8A #9D4886 #9D5F48

monochromatic

#224940 #357365 #489D8A #68BAA8 #92CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#489D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#489D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D8A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D8A	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.088 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baac',
    500: '#489d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d8a;
$custom-light: #82baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63784,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D8A

secondary

#B98893

accent

#5B74CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D8A

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

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