#489EAE#489EAE

#489EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.085 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EAE
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -21.05, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 26.52, 217.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0728 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.085 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5362, 28.8852, 44.4239)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EAE #AE5848

analogous

#48AE8B #489EAE #486BAE

triadic

#489EAE #AE489E #9EAE48

tetradic

#489EAE #8B48AE #AE5848 #6BAE48

square

#489EAE #8B48AE #AE5848 #6BAE48

split-complementary

#489EAE #AE486B #AE8B48

monochromatic

#244F57 #367783 #489EAE #70B6C4 #9BCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#489EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#489EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EAE

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EAE	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.085 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc6',
    500: '#489eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eae;
$custom-light: #85bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65284,
    "c": 0.08541,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EAE

secondary

#C29890

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EAE

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

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