#489D9D#489D9D

#489D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.082 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D9D
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -25.44, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 26.61, 197.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0789 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.082 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8127, 27.9240, 36.1848)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D9D #9D4848

analogous

#489D73 #489D9D #48739D

triadic

#489D9D #9D489D #9D9D48

tetradic

#489D9D #73489D #9D4848 #739D48

square

#489D9D #73489D #9D4848 #739D48

split-complementary

#489D9D #9D4873 #9D7348

monochromatic

#224949 #357373 #489D9D #68BABA #92CDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#489D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D9D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D9D	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.082 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bab9',
    500: '#489d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d9d;
$custom-light: #83bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D9D

secondary

#B98888

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D9D

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

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