#489BB7#489BB7

#489BB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.090 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB7
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -16.73, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 27.71, 232.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0659 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.09 223)
XYZ	xyz(22.9377, 28.2370, 49.0320)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB7 #B76448

analogous

#48B79B #489BB7 #4864B7

triadic

#489BB7 #B7489B #9BB748

tetradic

#489BB7 #9B48B7 #B76448 #64B748

square

#489BB7 #9B48B7 #B76448 #64B748

split-complementary

#489BB7 #B74864 #B79B48

monochromatic

#25515F #37768B #489BB7 #74B3C8 #A0CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#489BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#489BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB7

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB7	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.090 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cc',
    500: '#489bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb7;
$custom-light: #86b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.135,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64928,
    "c": 0.09011,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.28239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB7

secondary

#C6A195

accent

#7455D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB7

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

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