#489DB8#489DB8

#489DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.091 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DB8
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -17.49, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 27.85, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0677 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.091 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3778, 28.9500, 49.6940)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DB8 #B86348

analogous

#48B89B #489DB8 #4865B8

triadic

#489DB8 #B8489D #9DB848

tetradic

#489DB8 #9B48B8 #B86348 #65B848

square

#489DB8 #9B48B8 #B86348 #65B848

split-complementary

#489DB8 #B84865 #B89B48

monochromatic

#255260 #36788C #489DB8 #74B5C9 #A0CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#489DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#489DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DB8

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DB8	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.091 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacd',
    500: '#489db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489db8;
$custom-light: #86bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65448,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DB8

secondary

#C7A195

accent

#7354D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DB8

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

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