#489AB9#489AB9

#489AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.092 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AB9
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -15.57, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 28.24, 236.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.064 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.092 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9816, 27.9894, 50.0809)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AB9 #B96748

analogous

#48B99F #489AB9 #4861B9

triadic

#489AB9 #B9489A #9AB948

tetradic

#489AB9 #9F48B9 #B96748 #61B948

square

#489AB9 #9F48B9 #B96748 #61B948

split-complementary

#489AB9 #B94861 #B99F48

monochromatic

#255161 #36768E #489AB9 #74B2CA #A1CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#489AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AB9

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AB9	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.092 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7ce',
    500: '#489ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ab9;
$custom-light: #86b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.46,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64775,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AB9

secondary

#C8A395

accent

#7753D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AB9

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

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