#489FB2#489FB2

#489FB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.087 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FB2
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -20.37, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 27.00, 221.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0723 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.087 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1033, 29.3860, 46.5654)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FB2 #B25B48

analogous

#48B290 #489FB2 #486AB2

triadic

#489FB2 #B2489F #9FB248

tetradic

#489FB2 #9048B2 #B25B48 #6AB248

square

#489FB2 #9048B2 #B25B48 #6AB248

split-complementary

#489FB2 #B2486A #B29048

monochromatic

#25515B #367886 #489FB2 #71B7C6 #9DCDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#489FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#489FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FB2

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FB2	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.087 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc9',
    500: '#489fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fb2;
$custom-light: #85bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.755,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65684,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FB2

secondary

#C49B92

accent

#6C56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FB2

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

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