#489EA2#489EA2

#489EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.083 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA2
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -24.54, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 26.48, 202.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0779 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.083 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4182, 28.4380, 38.5358)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA2 #A24C48

analogous

#48A279 #489EA2 #4871A2

triadic

#489EA2 #A2489E #9EA248

tetradic

#489EA2 #7948A2 #A24C48 #71A248

square

#489EA2 #7948A2 #A24C48 #71A248

split-complementary

#489EA2 #A24871 #A27948

monochromatic

#224B4D #357578 #489EA2 #6AB9BD #95CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#489EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#489EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA2	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.083 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbd',
    500: '#489ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea2;
$custom-light: #84bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64832,
    "c": 0.08259,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA2

secondary

#BC8C8A

accent

#5F59CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA2

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

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