#489EC6#489EC6

#489EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.101 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EC6
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -13.63, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 31.37, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0635 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.101 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0884, 29.9061, 57.8654)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EC6 #C67048

analogous

#48C6AF #489EC6 #485FC6

triadic

#489EC6 #C6489E #9EC648

tetradic

#489EC6 #AF48C6 #C67048 #5FC648

square

#489EC6 #AF48C6 #C67048 #5FC648

split-complementary

#489EC6 #C6485F #C6AF48

monochromatic

#235871 #327C9F #489EC6 #77B7D5 #A5CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#489EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#489EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489EC6

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EC6	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.101 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bad7',
    500: '#489ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ec6;
$custom-light: #87bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66294,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EC6

secondary

#D0AB9A

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EC6

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

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