#489FB9#489FB9

#489FB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.091 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FB9
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -18.25, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 28.02, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0695 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.091 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8241, 29.6744, 50.3617)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FB9 #B96248

analogous

#48B99A #489FB9 #4867B9

triadic

#489FB9 #B9489F #9FB948

tetradic

#489FB9 #9A48B9 #B96248 #67B948

square

#489FB9 #9A48B9 #B96248 #67B948

split-complementary

#489FB9 #B94867 #B99A48

monochromatic

#255461 #367A8E #489FB9 #74B6CA #A1CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#489FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#489FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FB9

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FB9	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.091 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbce',
    500: '#489fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fb9;
$custom-light: #86bbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65969,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FB9

secondary

#C8A195

accent

#7153D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FB9

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

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