#489DB5#489DB5

#489DB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.089 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB5
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -18.41, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 27.30, 227.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0689 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.089 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0666, 28.8256, 48.0554)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB5 #B56048

analogous

#48B597 #489DB5 #4867B5

triadic

#489DB5 #B5489D #9DB548

tetradic

#489DB5 #9748B5 #B56048 #67B548

square

#489DB5 #9748B5 #B56048 #67B548

split-complementary

#489DB5 #B54867 #B59748

monochromatic

#25515D #377789 #489DB5 #73B5C7 #9FCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#489DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#489DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB5

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB5	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.089 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bacb',
    500: '#489db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db5;
$custom-light: #85bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.211,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65324,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB5

secondary

#C59E93

accent

#7155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB5

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

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