#489DB6#489DB6

#489DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.089 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB6
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -18.11, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 27.47, 228.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0685 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.089 220)
XYZ	xyz(23.1696, 28.8667, 48.5977)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB6 #B66148

analogous

#48B698 #489DB6 #4866B6

triadic

#489DB6 #B6489D #9DB648

tetradic

#489DB6 #9848B6 #B66148 #66B648

square

#489DB6 #9848B6 #B66148 #66B648

split-complementary

#489DB6 #B64866 #B69848

monochromatic

#25515E #37778A #489DB6 #73B5C8 #9FCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#489DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#489DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB6

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB6	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.089 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#489db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db6;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65365,
    "c": 0.08937,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.28869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB6

secondary

#C69F94

accent

#7155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB6

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

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