#489CBB#489CBB

#489CBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.093 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CBB
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -16.02, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 28.57, 235.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0654 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.093 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5271, 28.7401, 51.3116)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CBB #BB6748

analogous

#48BBA0 #489CBB #4862BB

triadic

#489CBB #BB489C #9CBB48

tetradic

#489CBB #A048BB #BB6748 #62BB48

square

#489CBB #A048BB #BB6748 #62BB48

split-complementary

#489CBB #BB4862 #BBA048

monochromatic

#255364 #367890 #489CBB #75B4CC #A1CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#489CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#489CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CBB

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CBB	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.093 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9cf',
    500: '#489cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cbb;
$custom-light: #86b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65337,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CBB

secondary

#C9A496

accent

#7652D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CBB

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

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