#489EA4#489EA4

#489EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA4
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -23.97, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 26.37, 204.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.077 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5974, 28.5097, 39.4795)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA4 #A44E48

analogous

#48A47C #489EA4 #4870A4

triadic

#489EA4 #A4489E #9EA448

tetradic

#489EA4 #7C48A4 #A44E48 #70A448

square

#489EA4 #7C48A4 #A44E48 #70A448

split-complementary

#489EA4 #A44870 #A47C48

monochromatic

#234C4F #357579 #489EA4 #6BB9BE #96CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#489EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#489EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA4

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA4	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)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbf',
    500: '#489ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea4;
$custom-light: #84bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64905,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA4

secondary

#BD8E8B

accent

#6159CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA4

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

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