#489BB3#489BB3

#489BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.087 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB3
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -17.96, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 26.92, 228.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0674 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.087 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5273, 28.0729, 46.8705)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB3 #B36048

analogous

#48B396 #489BB3 #4866B3

triadic

#489BB3 #B3489B #9BB348

tetradic

#489BB3 #9648B3 #B36048 #66B348

square

#489BB3 #9648B3 #B36048 #66B348

split-complementary

#489BB3 #B34866 #B39648

monochromatic

#254F5C #367587 #489BB3 #72B3C6 #9ECBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#489BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#489BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB3

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB3	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.087 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#489bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb3;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.458,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64761,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB3

secondary

#C49E92

accent

#7155D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB3

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

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