#489FBE#489FBE

#489FBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.095 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FBE
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -16.70, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 29.07, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0675 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.095 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3612, 29.8892, 53.1906)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FBE #BE6748

analogous

#48BEA2 #489FBE #4864BE

triadic

#489FBE #BE489F #9FBE48

tetradic

#489FBE #A248BE #BE6748 #64BE48

square

#489FBE #A248BE #BE6748 #64BE48

split-complementary

#489FBE #BE4864 #BEA248

monochromatic

#255667 #357B94 #489FBE #75B7CE #A2CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#489FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#489FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489FBE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FBE	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.095 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbd1',
    500: '#489fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fbe;
$custom-light: #87bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66179,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FBE

secondary

#CBA597

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FBE

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

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