#489DBC#489DBC

#489DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DBC
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -16.25, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 28.73, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0661 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.093 225)
XYZ	xyz(23.8030, 29.1201, 51.9335)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DBC #BC6748

analogous

#48BCA1 #489DBC #4863BC

triadic

#489DBC #BC489D #9DBC48

tetradic

#489DBC #A148BC #BC6748 #63BC48

square

#489DBC #A148BC #BC6748 #63BC48

split-complementary

#489DBC #BC4863 #BCA148

monochromatic

#255465 #357992 #489DBC #75B5CC #A2CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#489DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#489DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DBC

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bad0',
    500: '#489dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489dbc;
$custom-light: #86bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65618,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.29122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DBC

secondary

#CAA496

accent

#7552D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DBC

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

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