#489E91#489E91

#489E91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.086 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E91
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -29.18, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 29.20, 182.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0855 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.086 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0080, 27.8739, 31.1084)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E91 #9E4855

analogous

#489E66 #489E91 #48809E

triadic

#489E91 #91489E #9E9148

tetradic

#489E91 #66489E #9E4855 #809E48

square

#489E91 #66489E #9E4855 #809E48

split-complementary

#489E91 #9E4880 #9E6648

monochromatic

#224A44 #35746A #489E91 #69BBAE #93CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#489E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E91

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E91	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.086 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbb1',
    500: '#489e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e91;
$custom-light: #83bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.93,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64253,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E91

secondary

#BA8890

accent

#5A6CCD

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E91

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

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