#489EA8#489EA8

#489EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.084 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA8
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -22.81, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 26.28, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0753 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.084 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9643, 28.6564, 41.4119)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA8 #A85248

analogous

#48A882 #489EA8 #486EA8

triadic

#489EA8 #A8489E #9EA848

tetradic

#489EA8 #8248A8 #A85248 #6EA848

square

#489EA8 #8248A8 #A85248 #6EA848

split-complementary

#489EA8 #A8486E #A88248

monochromatic

#234D52 #36767D #489EA8 #6DB8C0 #98CDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#489EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#489EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA8

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA8	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.084 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbc1',
    500: '#489ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea8;
$custom-light: #84bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.0835,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA8

secondary

#BF928D

accent

#6458D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA8

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

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