#489AB2#489AB2

#489AB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AB2
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -17.74, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 26.73, 228.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0667 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.087 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2608, 27.7011, 46.2846)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AB2 #B26048

analogous

#48B295 #489AB2 #4865B2

triadic

#489AB2 #B2489A #9AB248

tetradic

#489AB2 #9548B2 #B26048 #65B248

square

#489AB2 #9548B2 #B26048 #65B248

split-complementary

#489AB2 #B24865 #B29548

monochromatic

#254F5B #367486 #489AB2 #71B3C6 #9DCAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#489AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#489AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AB2

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AB2	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#489ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ab2;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64479,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AB2

secondary

#C49D92

accent

#7256D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AB2

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

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