#489AB4#489AB4

#489AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.088 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489AB4
RGB	rgb(72, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -17.12, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 27.11, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0659 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.088 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4630, 27.7820, 47.3498)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489AB4 #B46248

analogous

#48B498 #489AB4 #4864B4

triadic

#489AB4 #B4489A #9AB448

tetradic

#489AB4 #9848B4 #B46248 #64B448

square

#489AB4 #9848B4 #B46248 #64B448

split-complementary

#489AB4 #B44864 #B49848

monochromatic

#254F5D #377588 #489AB4 #72B2C7 #9ECAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#489AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#489AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489AB4

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489AB4	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.088 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ca',
    500: '#489ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ab4;
$custom-light: #85b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64562,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489AB4

secondary

#C59F93

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489AB4

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

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