#489E86#489E86

#489E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E86
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -31.97, 4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 32.32, 171.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0907 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.091 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2005, 27.5509, 26.8557)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E86 #9E4860

analogous

#489E5B #489E86 #488B9E

triadic

#489E86 #86489E #9E8648

tetradic

#489E86 #5B489E #9E4860 #8B9E48

square

#489E86 #5B489E #9E4860 #8B9E48

split-complementary

#489E86 #9E488B #9E5B48

monochromatic

#224A3F #357462 #489E86 #69BBA4 #93CEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#489E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#489E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E86

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E86	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bba9',
    500: '#489e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e86;
$custom-light: #82bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.256,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E86

secondary

#BA8896

accent

#5A7BCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E86

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

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