#489CA4#489CA4

#489CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.082 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA4
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -22.95, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 25.85, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0747 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.082 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2590, 27.8329, 39.3667)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA4 #A45048

analogous

#48A47E #489CA4 #486EA4

triadic

#489CA4 #A4489C #9CA448

tetradic

#489CA4 #7E48A4 #A45048 #6EA448

square

#489CA4 #7E48A4 #A45048 #6EA448

split-complementary

#489CA4 #A4486E #A47E48

monochromatic

#234B4F #357479 #489CA4 #6BB7BE #96CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#489CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA4

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA4	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.082 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bf',
    500: '#489ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca4;
$custom-light: #84b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA4

secondary

#BD8F8B

accent

#6359CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA4

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

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