#489CAA#489CAA

#489CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CAA
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -21.19, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 25.96, 215.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0722 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.083 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8137, 28.0548, 42.2880)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CAA #AA5648

analogous

#48AA87 #489CAA #486BAA

triadic

#489CAA #AA489C #9CAA48

tetradic

#489CAA #8748AA #AA5648 #6BAA48

square

#489CAA #8748AA #AA5648 #6BAA48

split-complementary

#489CAA #AA486B #AA8748

monochromatic

#244D54 #36757F #489CAA #6EB6C1 #99CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#489CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CAA

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CAA	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9c3',
    500: '#489caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489caa;
$custom-light: #84b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64643,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CAA

secondary

#C0958E

accent

#6957D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CAA

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

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