#489BE9#489BE9

#489BE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.141 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489BE9
RGB	rgb(72, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -0.32, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 46.65, 269.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0495 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.141 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0963, 30.7005, 81.4673)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489BE9 #E99648

analogous

#48E9E6 #489BE9 #484BE9

triadic

#489BE9 #E9489B #9BE948

tetradic

#489BE9 #E648E9 #E99648 #4BE948

square

#489BE9 #E648E9 #E99648 #4BE948

split-complementary

#489BE9 #E9484B #E9E648

monochromatic

#145EA3 #1A7DDA #489BE9 #7FB9F0 #B5D7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#489BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#489BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #489BE9

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489BE9	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789FEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6190E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.141 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8f0',
    500: '#489be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489be9;
$custom-light: #8cb8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.068,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67341,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489BE9

secondary

#E6C5A7

accent

#9133F5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #489BE9

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

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