#489BB2#489BB2

#489BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.087 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB2
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -18.27, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 26.75, 226.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0678 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.087 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4265, 28.0326, 46.3398)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB2 #B25F48

analogous

#48B294 #489BB2 #4866B2

triadic

#489BB2 #B2489B #9BB248

tetradic

#489BB2 #9448B2 #B25F48 #66B248

square

#489BB2 #9448B2 #B25F48 #66B248

split-complementary

#489BB2 #B24866 #B29448

monochromatic

#254F5B #367586 #489BB2 #71B3C6 #9DCBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#489BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#489BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB2

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB2	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.087 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c9',
    500: '#489bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb2;
$custom-light: #85b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.019,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6472,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB2

secondary

#C49D92

accent

#7156D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB2

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

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