#489AA9#489AA9

#489AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.082 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AA9
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -20.45, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 25.59, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0704 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.082 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3866, 27.3514, 41.6807)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AA9 #A95748

analogous

#48A987 #489AA9 #486AA9

triadic

#489AA9 #A9489A #9AA948

tetradic

#489AA9 #8748A9 #A95748 #6AA948

square

#489AA9 #8748A9 #A95748 #6AA948

split-complementary

#489AA9 #A9486A #A98748

monochromatic

#234C53 #36737E #489AA9 #6DB4C1 #98CAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#489AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#489AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AA9

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AA9	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.082 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c2',
    500: '#489aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489aa9;
$custom-light: #84b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.278,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64117,
    "c": 0.08228,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AA9

secondary

#BF958D

accent

#6A58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AA9

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

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