#489DB9#489DB9

#489DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB9
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -17.18, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 28.06, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0673 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.091 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4829, 28.9921, 50.2480)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB9 #B96448

analogous

#48B99C #489DB9 #4865B9

triadic

#489DB9 #B9489D #9DB948

tetradic

#489DB9 #9C48B9 #B96448 #65B948

square

#489DB9 #9C48B9 #B96448 #65B948

split-complementary

#489DB9 #B94865 #B99C48

monochromatic

#255261 #36788E #489DB9 #74B5CA #A1CCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#489DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#489DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB9

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB9	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bace',
    500: '#489db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db9;
$custom-light: #86bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.867,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB9

secondary

#C8A295

accent

#7353D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB9

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

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