#489D9E#489D9E

#489D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.082 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D9E
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -25.16, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 26.50, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0785 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.082 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8984, 27.9583, 36.6363)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D9E #9E4948

analogous

#489E74 #489D9E #48729E

triadic

#489D9E #9E489D #9D9E48

tetradic

#489D9E #74489E #9E4948 #729E48

square

#489D9E #74489E #9E4948 #729E48

split-complementary

#489D9E #9E4872 #9E7448

monochromatic

#22494A #357374 #489D9E #69BABB #93CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#489D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D9E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D9E	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)

#94969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.082 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83baba',
    500: '#489d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d9e;
$custom-light: #83baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64442,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D9E

secondary

#BA8988

accent

#5C5ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D9E

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

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