#489EB6#489EB6

#489EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.089 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EB6
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -18.64, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 27.49, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0696 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.089 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3395, 29.2065, 48.6543)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EB6 #B66048

analogous

#48B697 #489EB6 #4867B6

triadic

#489EB6 #B6489E #9EB648

tetradic

#489EB6 #9748B6 #B66048 #67B648

square

#489EB6 #9748B6 #B66048 #67B648

split-complementary

#489EB6 #B64867 #B69748

monochromatic

#25525E #37788A #489EB6 #73B5C8 #9FCDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#489EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#489EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EB6

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EB6	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.089 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#489eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eb6;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65605,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EB6

secondary

#C69F94

accent

#7055D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EB6

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

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