#489E87#489E87

#489E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E87
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(164, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -31.72, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 32.00, 172.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0902 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.091 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2706, 27.5789, 27.2247)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E87 #9E485F

analogous

#489E5C #489E87 #488A9E

triadic

#489E87 #87489E #9E8748

tetradic

#489E87 #5C489E #9E485F #8A9E48

square

#489E87 #5C489E #9E485F #8A9E48

split-complementary

#489E87 #9E488A #9E5C48

monochromatic

#224A3F #357463 #489E87 #69BBA5 #93CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#489E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#489E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E87

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E87	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bba9',
    500: '#489e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e87;
$custom-light: #82bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.953,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63947,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E87

secondary

#BA8895

accent

#5A79CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E87

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

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