#489AB3#489AB3

#489AB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AB3
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 179)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 14%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -17.43, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 26.92, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0663 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.087 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3615, 27.7414, 46.8153)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AB3 #B36148

analogous

#48B397 #489AB3 #4865B3

triadic

#489AB3 #B3489A #9AB348

tetradic

#489AB3 #9748B3 #B36148 #65B348

square

#489AB3 #9748B3 #B36148 #65B348

split-complementary

#489AB3 #B34865 #B39748

monochromatic

#254F5C #367487 #489AB3 #72B3C6 #9ECAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#489AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AB3

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AB3	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#489ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ab3;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.019,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64521,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AB3

secondary

#C49E92

accent

#7355D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AB3

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

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