#489BCE#489BCE

#489BCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BCE
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -9.39, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 34.87, 254.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0576 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.111 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5301, 29.2740, 62.6855)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BCE #CE7B48

analogous

#48CEBE #489BCE #4858CE

triadic

#489BCE #CE489B #9BCE48

tetradic

#489BCE #BE48CE #CE7B48 #58CE48

square

#489BCE #BE48CE #CE7B48 #58CE48

split-complementary

#489BCE #CE4858 #CEBE48

monochromatic

#21597B #2E7BAB #489BCE #78B5DB #A9D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#489BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#489BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BCE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BCE	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)

#839BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8dd',
    500: '#489bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bce;
$custom-light: #88b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65965,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BCE

secondary

#D5B29D

accent

#8147E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BCE

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

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