#489EB5#489EB5

#489EB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.089 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EB5
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -18.94, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 27.33, 226.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0699 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.089 218)
XYZ	xyz(23.2365, 29.1653, 48.1120)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EB5 #B55F48

analogous

#48B596 #489EB5 #4867B5

triadic

#489EB5 #B5489E #9EB548

tetradic

#489EB5 #9648B5 #B55F48 #67B548

square

#489EB5 #9648B5 #B55F48 #67B548

split-complementary

#489EB5 #B54867 #B59648

monochromatic

#25525D #377889 #489EB5 #73B5C7 #9FCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#489EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#489EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EB5

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EB5	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.089 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bacb',
    500: '#489eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eb5;
$custom-light: #85bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.661,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65564,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.29168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EB5

secondary

#C59E93

accent

#7055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EB5

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

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