#489D9B#489D9B

#489D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.082 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D9B
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -26.00, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 26.86, 194.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0798 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.082 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6434, 27.8563, 35.2929)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D9B #9D484A

analogous

#489D70 #489D9B #48759D

triadic

#489D9B #9B489D #9D9B48

tetradic

#489D9B #70489D #9D484A #759D48

square

#489D9B #70489D #9D484A #759D48

split-complementary

#489D9B #9D4875 #9D7048

monochromatic

#224948 #357372 #489D9B #68BAB8 #92CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#489D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D9B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D9B	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.082 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab8',
    500: '#489d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d9b;
$custom-light: #83bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64337,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D9B

secondary

#B98889

accent

#5B5DCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D9B

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

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