#489BB6#489BB6

#489BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.089 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB6
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -17.04, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 27.50, 231.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0663 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.089 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8340, 28.1955, 48.4858)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB6 #B66348

analogous

#48B69A #489BB6 #4864B6

triadic

#489BB6 #B6489B #9BB648

tetradic

#489BB6 #9A48B6 #B66348 #64B648

square

#489BB6 #9A48B6 #B66348 #64B648

split-complementary

#489BB6 #B64864 #B69A48

monochromatic

#25505E #37768A #489BB6 #73B3C8 #9FCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#489BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#489BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB6

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB6	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.089 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8cc',
    500: '#489bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb6;
$custom-light: #85b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB6

secondary

#C6A094

accent

#7455D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB6

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

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