#489E85#489E85

#489E85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.092 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E85
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 133)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 15.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -32.21, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 32.64, 170.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0911 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.092 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1311, 27.5231, 26.4901)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E85 #9E4861

analogous

#489E5A #489E85 #488C9E

triadic

#489E85 #85489E #9E8548

tetradic

#489E85 #5A489E #9E4861 #8C9E48

square

#489E85 #5A489E #9E4861 #8C9E48

split-complementary

#489E85 #9E488C #9E5A48

monochromatic

#224A3E #357462 #489E85 #69BBA3 #93CEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#489E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#489E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E85

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E85	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.092 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bba8',
    500: '#489e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e85;
$custom-light: #82bba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.558,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E85

secondary

#BA8897

accent

#5A7CCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E85

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

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