#489EB4#489EB4

#489EB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.088 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EB4
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -19.24, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 27.18, 224.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0703 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.088 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1343, 29.1244, 47.5736)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EB4 #B45E48

analogous

#48B494 #489EB4 #4868B4

triadic

#489EB4 #B4489E #9EB448

tetradic

#489EB4 #9448B4 #B45E48 #68B448

square

#489EB4 #9448B4 #B45E48 #68B448

split-complementary

#489EB4 #B44868 #B49448

monochromatic

#25515D #377888 #489EB4 #72B6C7 #9ECCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#489EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#489EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EB4

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EB4	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.088 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85baca',
    500: '#489eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eb4;
$custom-light: #85baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65523,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EB4

secondary

#C59D93

accent

#6F55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EB4

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

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