#489E89#489E89

#489E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.090 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E89
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -31.23, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 31.38, 174.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0892 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.09 175)
XYZ	xyz(19.4127, 27.6358, 27.9733)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E89 #9E485D

analogous

#489E5E #489E89 #48889E

triadic

#489E89 #89489E #9E8948

tetradic

#489E89 #5E489E #9E485D #889E48

square

#489E89 #5E489E #9E485D #889E48

split-complementary

#489E89 #9E4888 #9E5E48

monochromatic

#224A40 #357465 #489E89 #69BBA7 #93CEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#489E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#489E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E89

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E89	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.090 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbab',
    500: '#489e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e89;
$custom-light: #82bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.349,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E89

secondary

#BA8894

accent

#5A77CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E89

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

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