#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
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -26.50, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 27.24, 193.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.081 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.083 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8132, 28.1960, 35.3495)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##489E9B	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #489E9B

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

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