#489CB2#489CB2

#489CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.087 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CB2
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -18.80, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 26.79, 225.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0689 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.087 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5936, 28.3668, 46.3955)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CB2 #B25E48

analogous

#48B293 #489CB2 #4867B2

triadic

#489CB2 #B2489C #9CB248

tetradic

#489CB2 #9348B2 #B25E48 #67B248

square

#489CB2 #9348B2 #B25E48 #67B248

split-complementary

#489CB2 #B24867 #B29348

monochromatic

#25505B #367686 #489CB2 #71B4C6 #9DCBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#489CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#489CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CB2

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CB2	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)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.087 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9c9',
    500: '#489cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cb2;
$custom-light: #85b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6496,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CB2

secondary

#C49C92

accent

#6F56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CB2

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

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