#489CA0#489CA0

#489CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.081 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA0
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -24.09, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 26.02, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0765 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.081 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9035, 27.6907, 37.4941)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA0 #A04C48

analogous

#48A078 #489CA0 #4870A0

triadic

#489CA0 #A0489C #9CA048

tetradic

#489CA0 #7848A0 #A04C48 #70A048

square

#489CA0 #7848A0 #A04C48 #70A048

split-complementary

#489CA0 #A04870 #A07848

monochromatic

#224A4C #357376 #489CA0 #69B8BC #94CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#489CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA0

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA0	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.081 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b9bc',
    500: '#489ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca0;
$custom-light: #83b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64268,
    "c": 0.08116,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA0

secondary

#BB8B89

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA0

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

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