#489DAD#489DAD

#489DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.085 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DAD
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -20.83, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 26.31, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0721 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.085 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2692, 28.5066, 43.8558)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DAD #AD5848

analogous

#48AD8A #489DAD #486AAD

triadic

#489DAD #AD489D #9DAD48

tetradic

#489DAD #8A48AD #AD5848 #6AAD48

square

#489DAD #8A48AD #AD5848 #6AAD48

split-complementary

#489DAD #AD486A #AD8A48

monochromatic

#244F57 #367682 #489DAD #6FB6C3 #9ACCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#489DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#489DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DAD

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DAD	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.085 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac5',
    500: '#489dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489dad;
$custom-light: #85bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.505,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65002,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DAD

secondary

#C1978F

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DAD

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

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