#489CB9#489CB9

#489CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.091 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CB9
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -16.65, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 28.10, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0662 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.091 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3144, 28.6551, 50.1918)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CB9 #B96548

analogous

#48B99D #489CB9 #4863B9

triadic

#489CB9 #B9489C #9CB948

tetradic

#489CB9 #9D48B9 #B96548 #63B948

square

#489CB9 #9D48B9 #B96548 #63B948

split-complementary

#489CB9 #B94863 #B99D48

monochromatic

#255261 #36778E #489CB9 #74B4CA #A1CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#489CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#489CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CB9

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CB9	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.091 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ce',
    500: '#489cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cb9;
$custom-light: #86b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CB9

secondary

#C8A295

accent

#7553D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CB9

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

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