#489EA0#489EA0

#489EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.083 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA0
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -25.10, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 26.64, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0787 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.083 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2419, 28.3675, 37.6069)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA0 #A04A48

analogous

#48A076 #489EA0 #4872A0

triadic

#489EA0 #A0489E #9EA048

tetradic

#489EA0 #7648A0 #A04A48 #72A048

square

#489EA0 #7648A0 #A04A48 #72A048

split-complementary

#489EA0 #A04872 #A07648

monochromatic

#224B4C #357476 #489EA0 #69BABC #94CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#489EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA0

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA0	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.083 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbc',
    500: '#489ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea0;
$custom-light: #84bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6476,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA0

secondary

#BB8A89

accent

#5D5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA0

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

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