#489CA9#489CA9

#489CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CA9
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -21.49, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 25.91, 213.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0726 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.083 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7195, 28.0171, 41.7917)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CA9 #A95548

analogous

#48A985 #489CA9 #486CA9

triadic

#489CA9 #A9489C #9CA948

tetradic

#489CA9 #8548A9 #A95548 #6CA948

square

#489CA9 #8548A9 #A95548 #6CA948

split-complementary

#489CA9 #A9486C #A98548

monochromatic

#234D53 #36747E #489CA9 #6DB6C1 #98CBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#489CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CA9

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CA9	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)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9c2',
    500: '#489ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ca9;
$custom-light: #84b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.041,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64604,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CA9

secondary

#BF948D

accent

#6858D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CA9

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

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