#489F8A#489F8A

#489F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489F8A
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -31.45, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 31.60, 174.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0899 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.09 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6560, 28.0071, 28.4099)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489F8A #9F485D

analogous

#489F5E #489F8A #48889F

triadic

#489F8A #8A489F #9F8A48

tetradic

#489F8A #5E489F #9F485D #889F48

square

#489F8A #5E489F #9F485D #889F48

split-complementary

#489F8A #9F4888 #9F5E48

monochromatic

#224B41 #357565 #489F8A #69BBA7 #93CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#489F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489F8A

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489F8A	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)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bcac',
    500: '#489f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489f8a;
$custom-light: #82bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489F8A

secondary

#BA8995

accent

#5A76CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489F8A

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

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