#489D99#489D99

#489D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.082 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D99
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -26.55, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 27.16, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0807 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.082 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4768, 27.7896, 34.4156)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D99 #9D484C

analogous

#489D6E #489D99 #48779D

triadic

#489D99 #99489D #9D9948

tetradic

#489D99 #6E489D #9D484C #779D48

square

#489D99 #6E489D #9D484C #779D48

split-complementary

#489D99 #9D4877 #9D6E48

monochromatic

#224947 #357370 #489D99 #68BAB6 #92CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#489D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D99

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D99	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.082 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab7',
    500: '#489d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d99;
$custom-light: #83bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.176,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64268,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D99

secondary

#B9888A

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D99

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

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