#489EB8#489EB8

#489EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.091 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EB8
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -18.02, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 27.84, 229.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0688 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.091 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5476, 29.2898, 49.7506)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EB8 #B86248

analogous

#48B89A #489EB8 #4866B8

triadic

#489EB8 #B8489E #9EB848

tetradic

#489EB8 #9A48B8 #B86248 #66B848

square

#489EB8 #9A48B8 #B86248 #66B848

split-complementary

#489EB8 #B84866 #B89A48

monochromatic

#255360 #36788C #489EB8 #74B5C9 #A0CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#489EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#489EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EB8

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EB8	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.091 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacd',
    500: '#489eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489eb8;
$custom-light: #86bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65688,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EB8

secondary

#C7A095

accent

#7254D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EB8

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

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