#489FAE#489FAE

#489FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.086 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FAE
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -21.57, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 26.66, 216.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0739 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.086 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7075, 29.2277, 44.4810)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FAE #AE5748

analogous

#48AE8A #489FAE #486CAE

triadic

#489FAE #AE489F #9FAE48

tetradic

#489FAE #8A48AE #AE5748 #6CAE48

square

#489FAE #8A48AE #AE5748 #6CAE48

split-complementary

#489FAE #AE486C #AE8A48

monochromatic

#245057 #367783 #489FAE #70B7C4 #9BCDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#489FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#489FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FAE

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FAE	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.086 210.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65526,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FAE

secondary

#C29790

accent

#6957D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FAE

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

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