#489D98#489D98

#489D98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D98
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -26.82, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 27.32, 190.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0812 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.082 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3946, 27.7567, 33.9825)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D98 #9D484D

analogous

#489D6E #489D98 #48779D

triadic

#489D98 #98489D #9D9848

tetradic

#489D98 #6E489D #9D484D #779D48

square

#489D98 #6E489D #9D484D #779D48

split-complementary

#489D98 #9D4877 #9D6E48

monochromatic

#224947 #35736F #489D98 #68BAB5 #92CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#489D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D98

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D98	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)

#959698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab6',
    500: '#489d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d98;
$custom-light: #83bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64234,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D98

secondary

#B9888B

accent

#5B61CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D98

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

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