#489BA8#489BA8

#489BA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.082 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BA8
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -21.26, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 25.69, 214.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0719 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.082 209)
XYZ	xyz(21.4588, 27.6455, 41.2434)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BA8 #A85548

analogous

#48A885 #489BA8 #486BA8

triadic

#489BA8 #A8489B #9BA848

tetradic

#489BA8 #8548A8 #A85548 #6BA848

square

#489BA8 #8548A8 #A85548 #6BA848

split-complementary

#489BA8 #A8486B #A88548

monochromatic

#234C52 #36737D #489BA8 #6DB5C0 #98CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#489BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#489BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BA8

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BA8	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.082 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c1',
    500: '#489ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ba8;
$custom-light: #84b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.125,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64322,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.27648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BA8

secondary

#BF948D

accent

#6858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BA8

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

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