#489BAE#489BAE

#489BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.085 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BAE
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -19.48, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 26.19, 221.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0694 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.085 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0307, 27.8742, 44.2554)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BAE #AE5B48

analogous

#48AE8E #489BAE #4868AE

triadic

#489BAE #AE489B #9BAE48

tetradic

#489BAE #8E48AE #AE5B48 #68AE48

square

#489BAE #8E48AE #AE5B48 #68AE48

split-complementary

#489BAE #AE4868 #AE8E48

monochromatic

#244E57 #367483 #489BAE #70B4C4 #9BCBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#489BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#489BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BAE

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BAE	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)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.085 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c6',
    500: '#489bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bae;
$custom-light: #85b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.176,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64558,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BAE

secondary

#C29990

accent

#6D57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BAE

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

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