#489D94#489D94

#489D94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.083 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D94
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 148)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 5.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -27.90, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 28.07, 186.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.083 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.083 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0725, 27.6279, 32.2862)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D94 #9D4851

analogous

#489D69 #489D94 #487C9D

triadic

#489D94 #94489D #9D9448

tetradic

#489D94 #69489D #9D4851 #7C9D48

square

#489D94 #69489D #9D4851 #7C9D48

split-complementary

#489D94 #9D487C #9D6948

monochromatic

#224945 #35736C #489D94 #68BAB1 #92CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#489D94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#489D94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D94

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D94	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.083 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab3',
    500: '#489d94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d94;
$custom-light: #83bab3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.647,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64101,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D94

secondary

#B9888D

accent

#5B67CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D94

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

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