#489CB7#489CB7

#489CB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.090 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CB7
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 183)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -17.27, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 27.68, 231.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.067 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.09 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1048, 28.5712, 49.0877)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CB7 #B76348

analogous

#48B79B #489CB7 #4864B7

triadic

#489CB7 #B7489C #9CB748

tetradic

#489CB7 #9B48B7 #B76348 #64B748

square

#489CB7 #9B48B7 #B76348 #64B748

split-complementary

#489CB7 #B74864 #B79B48

monochromatic

#25515F #37778B #489CB7 #74B4C8 #A0CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#489CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#489CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CB7

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CB7	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.090 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cc',
    500: '#489cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cb7;
$custom-light: #86b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65167,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CB7

secondary

#C6A195

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CB7

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

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