#489EBC#489EBC

#489EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.093 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EBC
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, -16.79, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 28.67, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0672 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.093 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9729, 29.4599, 51.9901)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EBC #BC6648

analogous

#48BCA0 #489EBC #4864BC

triadic

#489EBC #BC489E #9EBC48

tetradic

#489EBC #A048BC #BC6648 #64BC48

square

#489EBC #A048BC #BC6648 #64BC48

split-complementary

#489EBC #BC4864 #BCA048

monochromatic

#255465 #357A92 #489EBC #75B6CC #A2CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#489EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#489EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EBC

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EBC	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.093 223.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65856,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EBC

secondary

#CAA396

accent

#7452D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EBC

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

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