#489F8D#489F8D

#489F8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.089 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489F8D
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 11.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -30.70, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 30.73, 177.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0885 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.089 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8762, 28.0952, 29.5696)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489F8D #9F485A

analogous

#489F61 #489F8D #48859F

triadic

#489F8D #8D489F #9F8D48

tetradic

#489F8D #61489F #9F485A #859F48

square

#489F8D #61489F #9F485A #859F48

split-complementary

#489F8D #9F4885 #9F6148

monochromatic

#224B42 #357568 #489F8D #69BBAA #93CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#489F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#489F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489F8D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489F8D	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.089 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcae',
    500: '#489f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489f8d;
$custom-light: #83bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64379,
    "c": 0.08859,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489F8D

secondary

#BA8993

accent

#5A72CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #489F8D

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

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