#489BCD#489BCD

#489BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BCD
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -9.71, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 34.49, 253.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0579 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.11 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4090, 29.2256, 62.0478)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BCD #CD7A48

analogous

#48CDBC #489BCD #4859CD

triadic

#489BCD #CD489B #9BCD48

tetradic

#489BCD #BC48CD #CD7A48 #59CD48

square

#489BCD #BC48CD #CD7A48 #59CD48

split-complementary

#489BCD #CD4859 #CDBC48

monochromatic

#215879 #2E7BA9 #489BCD #78B5DA #A8D0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#489BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#489BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BCD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BCD	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8dc',
    500: '#489bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bcd;
$custom-light: #88b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.556,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65917,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BCD

secondary

#D5B19C

accent

#8147E0

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BCD

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

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