#489E8D#489E8D

#489E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.087 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E8D
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -30.22, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 30.23, 178.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0874 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.087 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7049, 27.7527, 29.5125)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E8D #9E4859

analogous

#489E62 #489E8D #48849E

triadic

#489E8D #8D489E #9E8D48

tetradic

#489E8D #62489E #9E4859 #849E48

square

#489E8D #62489E #9E4859 #849E48

split-complementary

#489E8D #9E4884 #9E6248

monochromatic

#224A42 #357467 #489E8D #69BBAA #93CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#489E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E8D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E8D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.087 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bbae',
    500: '#489e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e8d;
$custom-light: #82bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.14,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64128,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E8D

secondary

#BA8892

accent

#5A71CD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E8D

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

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