#489F99#489F99

#489F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.084 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489F99
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -27.54, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 27.96, 189.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.083 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.084 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8179, 28.4719, 34.5294)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489F99 #9F484E

analogous

#489F6D #489F99 #48799F

triadic

#489F99 #99489F #9F9948

tetradic

#489F99 #6D489F #9F484E #799F48

square

#489F99 #6D489F #9F484E #799F48

split-complementary

#489F99 #9F4879 #9F6D48

monochromatic

#224B48 #357570 #489F99 #69BBB5 #93CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#489F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#489F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489F99

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489F99	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.084 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83bbb7',
    500: '#489f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489f99;
$custom-light: #83bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64765,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489F99

secondary

#BA898C

accent

#5A62CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #489F99

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

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