#489EA9#489EA9

#489EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.084 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EA9
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -22.52, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 26.29, 211.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0749 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.084 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0578, 28.6939, 41.9044)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EA9 #A95348

analogous

#48A984 #489EA9 #486EA9

triadic

#489EA9 #A9489E #9EA948

tetradic

#489EA9 #8448A9 #A95348 #6EA948

square

#489EA9 #8448A9 #A95348 #6EA948

split-complementary

#489EA9 #A9486E #A98448

monochromatic

#234E53 #36767E #489EA9 #6DB7C1 #98CDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#489EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#489EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EA9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EA9	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.084 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bbc2',
    500: '#489ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ea9;
$custom-light: #84bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.804,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65091,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EA9

secondary

#BF938D

accent

#6558D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EA9

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

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