#489DAE#489DAE

#489DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.085 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DAE
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -20.53, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.39, 218.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0717 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.085 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3664, 28.5455, 44.3673)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DAE #AE5948

analogous

#48AE8C #489DAE #486AAE

triadic

#489DAE #AE489D #9DAE48

tetradic

#489DAE #8C48AE #AE5948 #6AAE48

square

#489DAE #8C48AE #AE5948 #6AAE48

split-complementary

#489DAE #AE486A #AE8C48

monochromatic

#244F57 #367683 #489DAE #70B6C4 #9BCCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#489DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#489DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DAE

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.085 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac6',
    500: '#489dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489dae;
$custom-light: #85bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65042,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DAE

secondary

#C29890

accent

#6B57D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DAE

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

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