#489BA4#489BA4

#489BA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.081 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BA4
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -22.43, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 25.61, 208.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0736 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.081 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0919, 27.4987, 39.3110)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BA4 #A45148

analogous

#48A47F #489BA4 #486DA4

triadic

#489BA4 #A4489B #9BA448

tetradic

#489BA4 #7F48A4 #A45148 #6DA448

square

#489BA4 #7F48A4 #A45148 #6DA448

split-complementary

#489BA4 #A4486D #A47F48

monochromatic

#234B4F #357379 #489BA4 #6BB6BE #96CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#489BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#489BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BA4

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BA4	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.081 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8bf',
    500: '#489ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ba4;
$custom-light: #84b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.87,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6417,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BA4

secondary

#BD908B

accent

#6459CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BA4

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

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