#489EB9#489EB9

#489EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.091 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EB9
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -17.71, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 28.03, 230.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0684 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.091 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6528, 29.3318, 50.3046)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EB9 #B96348

analogous

#48B99B #489EB9 #4866B9

triadic

#489EB9 #B9489E #9EB948

tetradic

#489EB9 #9B48B9 #B96348 #66B948

square

#489EB9 #9B48B9 #B96348 #66B948

split-complementary

#489EB9 #B94866 #B99B48

monochromatic

#255361 #36798E #489EB9 #74B5CA #A1CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#489EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#489EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EB9

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EB9	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.091 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bace',
    500: '#489eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eb9;
$custom-light: #86bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65729,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EB9

secondary

#C8A195

accent

#7253D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EB9

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

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