#489CA5#489CA5

#489CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.082 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA5
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -22.66, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 25.84, 208.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0743 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.082 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3497, 27.8692, 39.8442)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA5 #A55148

analogous

#48A580 #489CA5 #486EA5

triadic

#489CA5 #A5489C #9CA548

tetradic

#489CA5 #8048A5 #A55148 #6EA548

square

#489CA5 #8048A5 #A55148 #6EA548

split-complementary

#489CA5 #A5486E #A58048

monochromatic

#234B50 #35747A #489CA5 #6CB7BF #96CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#489CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA5	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9196A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.082 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9bf',
    500: '#489ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca5;
$custom-light: #84b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64452,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA5

secondary

#BD908C

accent

#6459CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA5

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

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