#489E99#489E99

#489E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.083 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E99
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, -27.04, -5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 27.55, 191.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0819 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.083 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6467, 28.1294, 34.4723)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E99 #9E484D

analogous

#489E6E #489E99 #48789E

triadic

#489E99 #99489E #9E9948

tetradic

#489E99 #6E489E #9E484D #789E48

square

#489E99 #6E489E #9E484D #789E48

split-complementary

#489E99 #9E4878 #9E6E48

monochromatic

#224A48 #357470 #489E99 #69BBB6 #93CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#489E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#489E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E99

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E99	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.083 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbb7',
    500: '#489e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e99;
$custom-light: #83bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.512,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64517,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E99

secondary

#BA888B

accent

#5A61CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E99

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

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