#489FB4#489FB4

#489FB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FB4
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -19.77, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 27.24, 223.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0714 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.088 216)
XYZ	xyz(23.3055, 29.4670, 47.6307)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FB4 #B45D48

analogous

#48B493 #489FB4 #4869B4

triadic

#489FB4 #B4489F #9FB448

tetradic

#489FB4 #9348B4 #B45D48 #69B448

square

#489FB4 #9348B4 #B45D48 #69B448

split-complementary

#489FB4 #B44869 #B49348

monochromatic

#25525D #377888 #489FB4 #72B6C7 #9ECDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#489FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#489FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FB4

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FB4	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)

#919AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbca',
    500: '#489fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fb4;
$custom-light: #85bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65764,
    "c": 0.08837,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.29469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FB4

secondary

#C59D93

accent

#6E55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FB4

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

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