#489F96#489F96

#489F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.085 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489F96
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(174, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -28.35, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 28.53, 186.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0844 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.085 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5733, 28.3741, 33.2408)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489F96 #9F4851

analogous

#489F6A #489F96 #487C9F

triadic

#489F96 #96489F #9F9648

tetradic

#489F96 #6A489F #9F4851 #7C9F48

square

#489F96 #6A489F #9F4851 #7C9F48

split-complementary

#489F96 #9F487C #9F6A48

monochromatic

#224B47 #35756E #489F96 #69BBB3 #93CEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#489F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489F96

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489F96	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.085 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bcb4',
    500: '#489f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489f96;
$custom-light: #83bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64665,
    "c": 0.08487,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489F96

secondary

#BA898E

accent

#5A66CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #489F96

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

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