#489BB9#489BB9

#489BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.092 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB9
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -16.11, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 28.16, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0651 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.092 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1473, 28.3209, 50.1361)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB9 #B96648

analogous

#48B99E #489BB9 #4862B9

triadic

#489BB9 #B9489B #9BB948

tetradic

#489BB9 #9E48B9 #B96648 #62B948

square

#489BB9 #9E48B9 #B96648 #62B948

split-complementary

#489BB9 #B94862 #B99E48

monochromatic

#255161 #36768E #489BB9 #74B3CA #A1CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#489BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB9

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB9	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.092 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8ce',
    500: '#489bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb9;
$custom-light: #86b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB9

secondary

#C8A395

accent

#7653D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB9

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

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