#489DBB#489DBB

#489DBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DBB
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -16.56, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 28.50, 234.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0665 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.093 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6956, 29.0771, 51.3678)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DBB #BB6648

analogous

#48BB9F #489DBB #4863BB

triadic

#489DBB #BB489D #9DBB48

tetradic

#489DBB #9F48BB #BB6648 #63BB48

square

#489DBB #9F48BB #BB6648 #63BB48

split-complementary

#489DBB #BB4863 #BB9F48

monochromatic

#255364 #367990 #489DBB #75B5CC #A1CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#489DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#489DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DBB

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DBB	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacf',
    500: '#489dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489dbb;
$custom-light: #86bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65575,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DBB

secondary

#C9A396

accent

#7552D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DBB

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

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