#489E96#489E96

#489E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.084 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E96
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(174, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -27.85, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 28.10, 187.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0832 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.084 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4020, 28.0315, 33.1837)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E96 #9E4850

analogous

#489E6B #489E96 #487B9E

triadic

#489E96 #96489E #9E9648

tetradic

#489E96 #6B489E #9E4850 #7B9E48

square

#489E96 #6B489E #9E4850 #7B9E48

split-complementary

#489E96 #9E487B #9E6B48

monochromatic

#224A46 #35746E #489E96 #69BBB3 #93CEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#489E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E96

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E96	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.084 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbb4',
    500: '#489e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e96;
$custom-light: #83bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.419,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E96

secondary

#BA888D

accent

#5A65CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E96

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →