#489D9C#489D9C

#489D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.082 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D9C
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -25.72, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 26.73, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0794 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.082 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7277, 27.8900, 35.7370)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D9C #9D4849

analogous

#489D71 #489D9C #48749D

triadic

#489D9C #9C489D #9D9C48

tetradic

#489D9C #71489D #9D4849 #749D48

square

#489D9C #71489D #9D4849 #749D48

split-complementary

#489D9C #9D4874 #9D7148

monochromatic

#224949 #357372 #489D9C #68BAB9 #92CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#489D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D9C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D9C	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.082 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab9',
    500: '#489d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d9c;
$custom-light: #83bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.08191,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D9C

secondary

#B98888

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D9C

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

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