#489D97#489D97

#489D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.083 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D97
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -27.09, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 27.49, 189.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0816 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.083 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3130, 27.7241, 33.5530)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D97 #9D484E

analogous

#489D6D #489D97 #48789D

triadic

#489D97 #97489D #9D9748

tetradic

#489D97 #6D489D #9D484E #789D48

square

#489D97 #6D489D #9D484E #789D48

split-complementary

#489D97 #9D4878 #9D6D48

monochromatic

#224946 #35736F #489D97 #68BAB4 #92CDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#489D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D97

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D97	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.083 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab5',
    500: '#489d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d97;
$custom-light: #83bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.765,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64201,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D97

secondary

#B9888B

accent

#5B63CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D97

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

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