#489DA9#489DA9

#489DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.083 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DA9
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -22.01, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 26.09, 212.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0737 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.083 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8880, 28.3541, 41.8478)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DA9 #A95448

analogous

#48A985 #489DA9 #486CA9

triadic

#489DA9 #A9489D #9DA948

tetradic

#489DA9 #8548A9 #A95448 #6CA948

square

#489DA9 #8548A9 #A95448 #6CA948

split-complementary

#489DA9 #A9486C #A98548

monochromatic

#234D53 #36757E #489DA9 #6DB7C1 #98CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#489DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DA9

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DA9	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.083 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bac2',
    500: '#489da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489da9;
$custom-light: #84bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.423,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64848,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DA9

secondary

#BF948D

accent

#6758D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DA9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →