#489BD8#489BD8

#489BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.121 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BD8
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -6.08, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 38.95, 261.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0544 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.121 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7838, 29.7755, 69.2881)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BD8 #D88548

analogous

#48D8CD #489BD8 #4853D8

triadic

#489BD8 #D8489B #9BD848

tetradic

#489BD8 #CD48D8 #D88548 #53D848

square

#489BD8 #CD48D8 #D88548 #53D848

split-complementary

#489BD8 #D84853 #D8CD48

monochromatic

#1D5B89 #287DBB #489BD8 #7AB7E3 #ADD2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#489BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#489BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489BD8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BD8	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.121 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e4',
    500: '#489bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489bd8;
$custom-light: #8ab8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BD8

secondary

#DBB9A0

accent

#8740E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BD8

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

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