#489DB7#489DB7

#489DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.090 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB7
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -17.80, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 27.66, 229.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0681 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.09 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2733, 28.9082, 49.1439)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB7 #B76248

analogous

#48B799 #489DB7 #4866B7

triadic

#489DB7 #B7489D #9DB748

tetradic

#489DB7 #9948B7 #B76248 #66B748

square

#489DB7 #9948B7 #B76248 #66B748

split-complementary

#489DB7 #B74866 #B79948

monochromatic

#25525F #37778B #489DB7 #74B5C8 #A0CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#489DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#489DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB7

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB7	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.090 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#489db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db7;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65407,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB7

secondary

#C6A095

accent

#7255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB7

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

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