#489BAC#489BAC

#489BAC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.084 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BAC
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 172)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -20.08, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 25.97, 219.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0703 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.084 213)
XYZ	xyz(21.8372, 27.7968, 43.2362)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BAC #AC5948

analogous

#48AC8B #489BAC #4869AC

triadic

#489BAC #AC489B #9BAC48

tetradic

#489BAC #8B48AC #AC5948 #69AC48

square

#489BAC #8B48AC #AC5948 #69AC48

split-complementary

#489BAC #AC4869 #AC8B48

monochromatic

#244D56 #367481 #489BAC #6FB4C3 #9ACBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#489BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BAC

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BAC	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.084 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c4',
    500: '#489bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bac;
$custom-light: #84b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.27799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BAC

secondary

#C1978F

accent

#6C57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BAC

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

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