#489F89#489F89

#489F89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.091 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489F89
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 137)
HSL	hsl(165, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -31.70, 3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 31.90, 173.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0904 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.091 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5840, 27.9783, 28.0304)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489F89 #9F485E

analogous

#489F5E #489F89 #48899F

triadic

#489F89 #89489F #9F8948

tetradic

#489F89 #5E489F #9F485E #899F48

square

#489F89 #5E489F #9F485E #899F48

split-complementary

#489F89 #9F4889 #9F5E48

monochromatic

#224B40 #357565 #489F89 #69BBA6 #93CEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#489F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489F89

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489F89	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.091 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcab',
    500: '#489f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489f89;
$custom-light: #82bcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.828,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64259,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489F89

secondary

#BA8995

accent

#5A77CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489F89

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

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