#489AB7#489AB7

#489AB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.090 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AB7
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 183)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -16.19, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 27.76, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0648 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.09 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7720, 27.9056, 48.9768)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AB7 #B76548

analogous

#48B79D #489AB7 #4862B7

triadic

#489AB7 #B7489A #9AB748

tetradic

#489AB7 #9D48B7 #B76548 #62B748

square

#489AB7 #9D48B7 #B76548 #62B748

split-complementary

#489AB7 #B74862 #B79D48

monochromatic

#25505F #37758B #489AB7 #74B2C8 #A0CADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#489AB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AB7

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AB7	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.090 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b7cc',
    500: '#489ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ab7;
$custom-light: #85b7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64689,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AB7

secondary

#C6A295

accent

#7655D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AB7

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

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