#489E9B#489E9B

#489E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#489E9B
RGBrgb(72, 158, 155)
HSLhsl(178, 37%, 45%)
HSVhsv(178, 54%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(54.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(60.07, -26.50, -6.31)
CIE-LCHlch(60.07, 27.24, 193.40°)
OKLaboklab(64.59% -0.081 -0.0175)
OKLCHoklch(64.59% 0.083 192.2)
XYZxyz(20.8132, 28.1960, 35.3495)
Luminance0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#489E9B #9E484B
analogous
#489E70 #489E9B #48769E
triadic
#489E9B #9B489E #9E9B48
tetradic
#489E9B #70489E #9E484B #769E48
square
#489E9B #70489E #9E484B #769E48
split-complementary
#489E9B #9E4876 #9E7048
monochromatic
#224A49 #357472 #489E9B #69BBB8 #93CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16
#489E9B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64
#489E9B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E9B
6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##489E9B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##489E9B1.003.166.646.64
#FFFFFF3.161.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6421.001.001.00
##0000006.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95979B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#878C9C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A29D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #489e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 192.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbb8',
    500: '#489e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #489e9b;
$custom-light: #83bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#489e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64585,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#489E9B
secondary
#BA888A
accent
#5A5ECD
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#F0F6F6
border
#CBD0D0
text
#0B1211
muted
#7C8180

Preview Lab

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#489E9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva