#489BBA#489BBA

#489BBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.092 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BBA
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -15.80, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 28.40, 236.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0647 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.092 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2533, 28.3633, 50.6941)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BBA #BA6748

analogous

#48BAA0 #489BBA #4862BA

triadic

#489BBA #BA489B #9BBA48

tetradic

#489BBA #A048BA #BA6748 #62BA48

square

#489BBA #A048BA #BA6748 #62BA48

split-complementary

#489BBA #BA4862 #BAA048

monochromatic

#255262 #36778F #489BBA #74B3CB #A1CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#489BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BBA

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BBA	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.092 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8ce',
    500: '#489bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bba;
$custom-light: #86b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65056,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BBA

secondary

#C8A396

accent

#7653D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BBA

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

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