#489AA6#489AA6

#489AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.081 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AA6
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -21.33, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 25.43, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0716 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.081 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1082, 27.2401, 40.2145)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AA6 #A65448

analogous

#48A683 #489AA6 #486BA6

triadic

#489AA6 #A6489A #9AA648

tetradic

#489AA6 #8348A6 #A65448 #6BA648

square

#489AA6 #8348A6 #A65448 #6BA648

split-complementary

#489AA6 #A6486B #A68348

monochromatic

#234B51 #35727B #489AA6 #6CB5BF #97CAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#489AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#489AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AA6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AA6	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.081 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c0',
    500: '#489aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489aa6;
$custom-light: #84b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64001,
    "c": 0.08124,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AA6

secondary

#BE928C

accent

#6858CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AA6

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

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