#489BB5#489BB5

#489BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.089 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB5
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -17.35, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 27.30, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0667 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.089 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7310, 28.1544, 47.9435)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB5 #B56248

analogous

#48B599 #489BB5 #4865B5

triadic

#489BB5 #B5489B #9BB548

tetradic

#489BB5 #9948B5 #B56248 #65B548

square

#489BB5 #9948B5 #B56248 #65B548

split-complementary

#489BB5 #B54865 #B59948

monochromatic

#25505D #377689 #489BB5 #73B3C7 #9FCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#489BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#489BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB5

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB5	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.089 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cb',
    500: '#489bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb5;
$custom-light: #85b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.312,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB5

secondary

#C59F93

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB5

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

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