#489CD7#489CD7

#489CD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489CD7
RGB	rgb(72, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -6.97, -37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 38.18, 259.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0557 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.12 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8220, 30.0581, 68.6650)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489CD7 #D78348

analogous

#48D7CB #489CD7 #4855D7

triadic

#489CD7 #D7489C #9CD748

tetradic

#489CD7 #CB48D7 #D78348 #55D748

square

#489CD7 #CB48D7 #D78348 #55D748

split-complementary

#489CD7 #D74855 #D7CB48

monochromatic

#1E5C87 #297EB9 #489CD7 #7AB7E2 #ACD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#489CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#489CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #489CD7

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489CD7	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9e3',
    500: '#489cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489cd7;
$custom-light: #8ab9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66634,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489CD7

secondary

#DBB8A0

accent

#8541E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489CD7

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

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