#489CBC#489CBC

#489CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.094 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CBC
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -15.71, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 28.82, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0651 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.094 226)
XYZ	xyz(23.6345, 28.7831, 51.8774)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CBC #BC6848

analogous

#48BCA2 #489CBC #4862BC

triadic

#489CBC #BC489C #9CBC48

tetradic

#489CBC #A248BC #BC6848 #62BC48

square

#489CBC #A248BC #BC6848 #62BC48

split-complementary

#489CBC #BC4862 #BCA248

monochromatic

#255365 #357892 #489CBC #75B4CC #A2CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#489CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#489CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489CBC

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CBC	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.094 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b9d0',
    500: '#489cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cbc;
$custom-light: #86b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6538,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.28785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CBC

secondary

#CAA496

accent

#7652D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CBC

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

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