#489DB4#489DB4

#489DB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.088 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB4
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -18.72, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 27.14, 226.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0693 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.088 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9644, 28.7847, 47.5169)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB4 #B45F48

analogous

#48B495 #489DB4 #4867B4

triadic

#489DB4 #B4489D #9DB448

tetradic

#489DB4 #9548B4 #B45F48 #67B448

square

#489DB4 #9548B4 #B45F48 #67B448

split-complementary

#489DB4 #B44867 #B49548

monochromatic

#25515D #377788 #489DB4 #72B5C7 #9ECCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#489DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#489DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB4

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB4	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)

#8E99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.088 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85baca',
    500: '#489db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db4;
$custom-light: #85baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB4

secondary

#C59E93

accent

#7055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB4

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

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