#489CA6#489CA6

#489CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.082 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA6
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -22.37, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 25.84, 210.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0739 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.082 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4411, 27.9058, 40.3254)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA6 #A65248

analogous

#48A681 #489CA6 #486DA6

triadic

#489CA6 #A6489C #9CA648

tetradic

#489CA6 #8148A6 #A65248 #6DA648

square

#489CA6 #8148A6 #A65248 #6DA648

split-complementary

#489CA6 #A6486D #A68148

monochromatic

#234C51 #35747B #489CA6 #6CB6BF #97CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#489CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA6

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA6	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.082 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9c0',
    500: '#489ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca6;
$custom-light: #84b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6449,
    "c": 0.08209,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA6

secondary

#BE918C

accent

#6558CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA6

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

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