#489D96#489D96

#489D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.083 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D96
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -27.36, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 27.67, 188.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0821 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.083 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2321, 27.6918, 33.1271)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D96 #9D484F

analogous

#489D6C #489D96 #48799D

triadic

#489D96 #96489D #9D9648

tetradic

#489D96 #6C489D #9D484F #799D48

square

#489D96 #6C489D #9D484F #799D48

split-complementary

#489D96 #9D4879 #9D6C48

monochromatic

#224946 #35736E #489D96 #68BAB3 #92CDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#489D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D96

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D96	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.083 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab4',
    500: '#489d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d96;
$custom-light: #83bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.059,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64167,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D96

secondary

#B9888C

accent

#5B64CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D96

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

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