#489FB3#489FB3

#489FB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FB3
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -20.07, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 27.11, 222.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0718 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.088 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2040, 29.4264, 47.0961)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FB3 #B35C48

analogous

#48B392 #489FB3 #486AB3

triadic

#489FB3 #B3489F #9FB348

tetradic

#489FB3 #9248B3 #B35C48 #6AB348

square

#489FB3 #9248B3 #B35C48 #6AB348

split-complementary

#489FB3 #B3486A #B39248

monochromatic

#25515C #367887 #489FB3 #72B6C6 #9ECDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#489FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#489FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FB3

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FB3	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbc9',
    500: '#489fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fb3;
$custom-light: #85bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.215,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65724,
    "c": 0.08786,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FB3

secondary

#C49C92

accent

#6D55D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FB3

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

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