#489BB8#489BB8

#489BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.091 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BB8
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -16.42, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 27.93, 233.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.0655 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.091 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0421, 28.2788, 49.5821)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BB8 #B86548

analogous

#48B89D #489BB8 #4863B8

triadic

#489BB8 #B8489B #9BB848

tetradic

#489BB8 #9D48B8 #B86548 #63B848

square

#489BB8 #9D48B8 #B86548 #63B848

split-complementary

#489BB8 #B84863 #B89D48

monochromatic

#255160 #36768C #489BB8 #74B3C9 #A0CBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#489BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BB8

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BB8	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.091 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cd',
    500: '#489bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bb8;
$custom-light: #86b8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6497,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BB8

secondary

#C7A295

accent

#7554D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BB8

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

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