#489EA5#489EA5

#489EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.083 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA5
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -23.68, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.33, 205.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0766 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.083 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6881, 28.5459, 39.9570)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA5 #A54F48

analogous

#48A57E #489EA5 #4870A5

triadic

#489EA5 #A5489E #9EA548

tetradic

#489EA5 #7E48A5 #A54F48 #70A548

square

#489EA5 #7E48A5 #A54F48 #70A548

split-complementary

#489EA5 #A54870 #A57E48

monochromatic

#234C50 #35757A #489EA5 #6CB8BF #96CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#489EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#489EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA5

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA5	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.083 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbbf',
    500: '#489ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea5;
$custom-light: #84bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64942,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA5

secondary

#BD8F8C

accent

#6259CF

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA5

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

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