#489BB4#489BB4

#489BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.088 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB4
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -17.66, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 27.10, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.067 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.088 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6288, 28.1135, 47.4051)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB4 #B46148

analogous

#48B497 #489BB4 #4865B4

triadic

#489BB4 #B4489B #9BB448

tetradic

#489BB4 #9748B4 #B46148 #65B448

square

#489BB4 #9748B4 #B46148 #65B448

split-complementary

#489BB4 #B44865 #B49748

monochromatic

#25505D #377588 #489BB4 #72B3C7 #9ECBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#489BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#489BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB4

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB4	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.088 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8ca',
    500: '#489bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb4;
$custom-light: #85b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64802,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB4

secondary

#C59F93

accent

#7255D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB4

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

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