#489DB3#489DB3

#489DB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.088 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB3
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -19.02, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 26.98, 225.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0696 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.088 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8629, 28.7441, 46.9824)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB3 #B35E48

analogous

#48B393 #489DB3 #4868B3

triadic

#489DB3 #B3489D #9DB348

tetradic

#489DB3 #9348B3 #B35E48 #68B348

square

#489DB3 #9348B3 #B35E48 #68B348

split-complementary

#489DB3 #B34868 #B39348

monochromatic

#25505C #367787 #489DB3 #72B5C6 #9ECCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#489DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#489DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB3

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB3	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.088 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac9',
    500: '#489db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db3;
$custom-light: #85bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.336,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65242,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB3

secondary

#C49D92

accent

#6F55D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB3

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

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