#489DC2#489DC2

#489DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489DC2
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -14.36, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 30.33, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0639 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.098 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4633, 29.3842, 55.4110)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489DC2 #C26D48

analogous

#48C2AA #489DC2 #4860C2

triadic

#489DC2 #C2489D #9DC248

tetradic

#489DC2 #AA48C2 #C26D48 #60C248

square

#489DC2 #AA48C2 #C26D48 #60C248

split-complementary

#489DC2 #C24860 #C2AA48

monochromatic

#24566C #337B9A #489DC2 #76B6D1 #A4CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#489DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#489DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489DC2

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489DC2	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad4',
    500: '#489dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489dc2;
$custom-light: #87bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6588,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489DC2

secondary

#CEA898

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489DC2

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

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