#489CA3#489CA3

#489CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA3
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -23.23, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 25.87, 206.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0752 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.081 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1691, 27.7970, 38.8930)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA3 #A34F48

analogous

#48A37C #489CA3 #486EA3

triadic

#489CA3 #A3489C #9CA348

tetradic

#489CA3 #7C48A3 #A34F48 #6EA348

square

#489CA3 #7C48A3 #A34F48 #6EA348

split-complementary

#489CA3 #A3486E #A37C48

monochromatic

#224B4E #357379 #489CA3 #6BB7BD #95CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#489CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA3

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA3	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9be',
    500: '#489ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca3;
$custom-light: #84b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64377,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA3

secondary

#BC8E8B

accent

#6259CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA3

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

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