#489CA8#489CA8

#489CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA8
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -21.78, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 25.87, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.073 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.083 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6260, 27.9797, 41.2991)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA8 #A85448

analogous

#48A884 #489CA8 #486CA8

triadic

#489CA8 #A8489C #9CA848

tetradic

#489CA8 #8448A8 #A85448 #6CA848

square

#489CA8 #8448A8 #A85448 #6CA848

split-complementary

#489CA8 #A8486C #A88448

monochromatic

#234C52 #36747D #489CA8 #6DB6C0 #98CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#489CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA8

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA8	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9c1',
    500: '#489ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca8;
$custom-light: #84b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64566,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA8

secondary

#BF938D

accent

#6758D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA8

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

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