#489FB7#489FB7

#489FB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.090 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FB7
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 183)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -18.86, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 27.68, 227.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0703 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.09 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6144, 29.5905, 49.2576)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FB7 #B76048

analogous

#48B797 #489FB7 #4868B7

triadic

#489FB7 #B7489F #9FB748

tetradic

#489FB7 #9748B7 #B76048 #68B748

square

#489FB7 #9748B7 #B76048 #68B748

split-complementary

#489FB7 #B74868 #B79748

monochromatic

#25535F #37798B #489FB7 #74B6C8 #A0CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#489FB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#489FB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FB7

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FB7	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.090 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbcc',
    500: '#489fb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fb7;
$custom-light: #86bbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65886,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FB7

secondary

#C69F95

accent

#7055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FB7

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

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