#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
RGBrgb(72, 157, 155)
HSLhsl(179, 37%, 45%)
HSVhsv(179, 54%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(54.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(59.76, -26.00, -6.77)
CIE-LCHlch(59.76, 26.86, 194.59°)
OKLaboklab(64.34% -0.0798 -0.0188)
OKLCHoklch(64.34% 0.082 193.2)
XYZxyz(20.6434, 27.8563, 35.2929)
Luminance0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##489D9B1.003.206.576.57
#FFFFFF3.201.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5721.001.001.00
##0000006.5721.001.001.00

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

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#489D9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva