#489CA2#489CA2

#489CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.081 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA2
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -23.52, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 25.91, 204.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0756 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.081 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0799, 27.7613, 38.4230)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA2 #A24E48

analogous

#48A27B #489CA2 #486FA2

triadic

#489CA2 #A2489C #9CA248

tetradic

#489CA2 #7B48A2 #A24E48 #6FA248

square

#489CA2 #7B48A2 #A24E48 #6FA248

split-complementary

#489CA2 #A2486F #A27B48

monochromatic

#224A4D #357378 #489CA2 #6AB7BD #95CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#489CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA2

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA2	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.081 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bd',
    500: '#489ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca2;
$custom-light: #84b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64341,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA2

secondary

#BC8D8A

accent

#6159CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA2

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

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