#489BBC#489BBC

#489BBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.094 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BBC
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -15.17, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 28.91, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.064 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.094 227)
XYZ	xyz(23.4674, 28.4489, 51.8216)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BBC #BC6948

analogous

#48BCA3 #489BBC #4861BC

triadic

#489BBC #BC489B #9BBC48

tetradic

#489BBC #A348BC #BC6948 #61BC48

square

#489BBC #A348BC #BC6948 #61BC48

split-complementary

#489BBC #BC4861 #BCA348

monochromatic

#255365 #357792 #489BBC #75B3CC #A2CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#489BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#489BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BBC

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BBC	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.094 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8d0',
    500: '#489bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bbc;
$custom-light: #86b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65143,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.28451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BBC

secondary

#CAA596

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BBC

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

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