#489CB6#489CB6

#489CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.089 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CB6
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -17.57, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 27.48, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0674 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.089 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0011, 28.5298, 48.5415)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CB6 #B66248

analogous

#48B699 #489CB6 #4865B6

triadic

#489CB6 #B6489C #9CB648

tetradic

#489CB6 #9948B6 #B66248 #65B648

square

#489CB6 #9948B6 #B66248 #65B648

split-complementary

#489CB6 #B64865 #B69948

monochromatic

#25515E #37768A #489CB6 #73B4C8 #9FCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#489CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#489CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CB6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CB6	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.089 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9cc',
    500: '#489cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cb6;
$custom-light: #85b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65125,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CB6

secondary

#C6A094

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CB6

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

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