#489CBA#489CBA

#489CBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.092 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CBA
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -16.34, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 28.33, 234.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0658 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.092 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4204, 28.6975, 50.7498)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CBA #BA6648

analogous

#48BA9F #489CBA #4863BA

triadic

#489CBA #BA489C #9CBA48

tetradic

#489CBA #9F48BA #BA6648 #63BA48

square

#489CBA #9F48BA #BA6648 #63BA48

split-complementary

#489CBA #BA4863 #BA9F48

monochromatic

#255262 #36778F #489CBA #74B4CB #A1CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#489CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#489CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CBA

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CBA	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.092 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9ce',
    500: '#489cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cba;
$custom-light: #86b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65294,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CBA

secondary

#C8A396

accent

#7553D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CBA

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

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