#489BA9#489BA9

#489BA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BA9
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -20.97, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 25.74, 215.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0715 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.083 210)
XYZ	xyz(21.5524, 27.6829, 41.7360)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BA9 #A95648

analogous

#48A987 #489BA9 #486AA9

triadic

#489BA9 #A9489B #9BA948

tetradic

#489BA9 #8748A9 #A95648 #6AA948

square

#489BA9 #8748A9 #A95648 #6AA948

split-complementary

#489BA9 #A9486A #A98748

monochromatic

#234C53 #36747E #489BA9 #6DB5C1 #98CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#489BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BA9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BA9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c2',
    500: '#489ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ba9;
$custom-light: #84b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.66,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6436,
    "c": 0.0826,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.27685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BA9

secondary

#BF958D

accent

#6958D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BA9

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

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