#489CB3#489CB3

#489CB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.088 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CB3
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -18.49, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 26.95, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0685 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.088 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6944, 28.4071, 46.9262)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CB3 #B35F48

analogous

#48B395 #489CB3 #4867B3

triadic

#489CB3 #B3489C #9CB348

tetradic

#489CB3 #9548B3 #B35F48 #67B348

square

#489CB3 #9548B3 #B35F48 #67B348

split-complementary

#489CB3 #B34867 #B39548

monochromatic

#25505C #367687 #489CB3 #72B4C6 #9ECBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#489CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#489CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CB3

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CB3	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D98B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.088 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c9',
    500: '#489cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cb3;
$custom-light: #85b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.897,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65001,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CB3

secondary

#C49D92

accent

#7055D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CB3

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

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