#489EA1#489EA1

#489EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.083 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA1
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -24.82, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.55, 200.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0783 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.083 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3297, 28.4026, 38.0695)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA1 #A14B48

analogous

#48A177 #489EA1 #4872A1

triadic

#489EA1 #A1489E #9EA148

tetradic

#489EA1 #7748A1 #A14B48 #72A148

square

#489EA1 #7748A1 #A14B48 #72A148

split-complementary

#489EA1 #A14872 #A17748

monochromatic

#224B4C #357477 #489EA1 #6ABABC #94CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#489EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#489EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA1

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA1	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.083 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbc',
    500: '#489ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea1;
$custom-light: #84bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.022,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64796,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA1

secondary

#BB8B8A

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA1

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

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