#489BA3#489BA3

#489BA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.081 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BA3
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -22.72, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 25.62, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.074 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.081 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0020, 27.4627, 38.8373)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BA3 #A35048

analogous

#48A37D #489BA3 #486DA3

triadic

#489BA3 #A3489B #9BA348

tetradic

#489BA3 #7D48A3 #A35048 #6DA348

square

#489BA3 #7D48A3 #A35048 #6DA348

split-complementary

#489BA3 #A3486D #A37D48

monochromatic

#224A4E #357379 #489BA3 #6BB6BD #95CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#489BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#489BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BA3

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BA3	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.081 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8be',
    500: '#489ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ba3;
$custom-light: #84b8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.275,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.08095,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BA3

secondary

#BC8F8B

accent

#6359CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BA3

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

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