#489BAD#489BAD

#489BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.084 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BAD
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -19.78, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 26.07, 220.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0699 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.084 214)
XYZ	xyz(21.9336, 27.8354, 43.7439)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BAD #AD5A48

analogous

#48AD8C #489BAD #4868AD

triadic

#489BAD #AD489B #9BAD48

tetradic

#489BAD #8C48AD #AD5A48 #68AD48

square

#489BAD #8C48AD #AD5A48 #68AD48

split-complementary

#489BAD #AD4868 #AD8C48

monochromatic

#244E57 #367482 #489BAD #6FB4C3 #9ACBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#489BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BAD

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BAD	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.084 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b8c5',
    500: '#489bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bad;
$custom-light: #84b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64518,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.27838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BAD

secondary

#C1988F

accent

#6D57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BAD

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

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