#489D8D#489D8D

#489D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.086 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D8D
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -29.73, 0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 29.74, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0862 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.086 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5351, 27.4129, 29.4559)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D8D #9D4858

analogous

#489D63 #489D8D #48829D

triadic

#489D8D #8D489D #9D8D48

tetradic

#489D8D #63489D #9D4858 #829D48

square

#489D8D #63489D #9D4858 #829D48

split-complementary

#489D8D #9D4882 #9D6348

monochromatic

#224942 #357367 #489D8D #68BAAB #92CDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#489D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#489D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D8D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D8D	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.086 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82baae',
    500: '#489d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d8d;
$custom-light: #82baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.706,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63876,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D8D

secondary

#B98891

accent

#5B70CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D8D

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

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