#489EB3#489EB3

#489EB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.088 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EB3
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -19.55, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 27.04, 223.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0707 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.088 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0328, 29.0838, 47.0390)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EB3 #B35D48

analogous

#48B393 #489EB3 #4869B3

triadic

#489EB3 #B3489E #9EB348

tetradic

#489EB3 #9348B3 #B35D48 #69B348

square

#489EB3 #9348B3 #B35D48 #69B348

split-complementary

#489EB3 #B34869 #B39348

monochromatic

#25515C #367787 #489EB3 #72B6C6 #9ECCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#489EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#489EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EB3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EB3	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.088 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bac9',
    500: '#489eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eb3;
$custom-light: #85bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.08772,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EB3

secondary

#C49C92

accent

#6E55D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EB3

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

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