#489BC8#489BC8

#489BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.105 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BC8
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -11.34, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 32.65, 249.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0596 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.105 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8151, 28.9880, 58.9198)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BC8 #C87548

analogous

#48C8B5 #489BC8 #485BC8

triadic

#489BC8 #C8489B #9BC848

tetradic

#489BC8 #B548C8 #C87548 #5BC848

square

#489BC8 #B548C8 #C87548 #5BC848

split-complementary

#489BC8 #C8485B #C8B548

monochromatic

#235773 #317AA2 #489BC8 #77B5D6 #A6CEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#489BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#489BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BC8

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BC8	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.105 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d9',
    500: '#489bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bc8;
$custom-light: #88b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.094,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BC8

secondary

#D1AE9A

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BC8

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

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