#489AAE#489AAE

#489AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AAE
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -18.95, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 26.11, 223.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0683 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.085 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8650, 27.5428, 44.2002)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AAE #AE5C48

analogous

#48AE8F #489AAE #4867AE

triadic

#489AAE #AE489A #9AAE48

tetradic

#489AAE #8F48AE #AE5C48 #67AE48

square

#489AAE #8F48AE #AE5C48 #67AE48

split-complementary

#489AAE #AE4867 #AE8F48

monochromatic

#244D57 #367483 #489AAE #70B3C4 #9BCAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#489AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#489AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AAE

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AAE	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c6',
    500: '#489aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489aae;
$custom-light: #85b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64316,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AAE

secondary

#C29A90

accent

#6F57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AAE

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

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