#489CC3#489CC3

#489CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.099 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CC3
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -13.50, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 30.79, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0625 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.099 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4074, 29.0923, 55.9483)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CC3 #C36F48

analogous

#48C3AC #489CC3 #485FC3

triadic

#489CC3 #C3489C #9CC348

tetradic

#489CC3 #AC48C3 #C36F48 #5FC348

square

#489CC3 #AC48C3 #C36F48 #5FC348

split-complementary

#489CC3 #C3485F #C3AC48

monochromatic

#24566D #337A9B #489CC3 #76B5D2 #A4CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#489CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#489CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CC3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CC3	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.099 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9d5',
    500: '#489cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cc3;
$custom-light: #87b9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65688,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CC3

secondary

#CEAA99

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CC3

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

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