#489CB0#489CB0

#489CB0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.086 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CB0
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -19.40, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 26.51, 222.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0698 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.086 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3943, 28.2870, 45.3456)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CB0 #B05C48

analogous

#48B090 #489CB0 #4868B0

triadic

#489CB0 #B0489C #9CB048

tetradic

#489CB0 #9048B0 #B05C48 #68B048

square

#489CB0 #9048B0 #B05C48 #68B048

split-complementary

#489CB0 #B04868 #B09048

monochromatic

#244F59 #367685 #489CB0 #70B5C5 #9CCBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#489CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CB0

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CB0	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)

#8E98B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.086 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c7',
    500: '#489cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cb0;
$custom-light: #85b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64879,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CB0

secondary

#C39B91

accent

#6E56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CB0

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

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