#489BBB#489BBB

#489BBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.093 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BBB
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -15.49, -24.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 28.65, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0643 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.093 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3599, 28.4059, 51.2559)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BBB #BB6848

analogous

#48BBA2 #489BBB #4861BB

triadic

#489BBB #BB489B #9BBB48

tetradic

#489BBB #A248BB #BB6848 #61BB48

square

#489BBB #A248BB #BB6848 #61BB48

split-complementary

#489BBB #BB4861 #BBA248

monochromatic

#255264 #367790 #489BBB #75B3CC #A1CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#489BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#489BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BBB

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BBB	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.093 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8cf',
    500: '#489bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bbb;
$custom-light: #86b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65099,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BBB

secondary

#C9A496

accent

#7752D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BBB

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

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