#489E8A#489E8A

#489E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.089 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -30.98, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 31.09, 175.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0888 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.089 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4848, 27.6646, 28.3528)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E8A #9E485C

analogous

#489E5F #489E8A #48879E

triadic

#489E8A #8A489E #9E8A48

tetradic

#489E8A #5F489E #9E485C #879E48

square

#489E8A #5F489E #9E485C #879E48

split-complementary

#489E8A #9E4887 #9E5F48

monochromatic

#224A41 #357465 #489E8A #69BBA7 #93CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#489E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E8A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E8A	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.089 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbac',
    500: '#489e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e8a;
$custom-light: #82bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64036,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E8A

secondary

#BA8894

accent

#5A75CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E8A

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

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