#489EC9#489EC9

#489EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.104 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489EC9
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -12.67, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 32.33, 246.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0624 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.104 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4379, 30.0459, 59.7058)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489EC9 #C97348

analogous

#48C9B3 #489EC9 #485DC9

triadic

#489EC9 #C9489E #9EC948

tetradic

#489EC9 #B348C9 #C97348 #5DC948

square

#489EC9 #B348C9 #C97348 #5DC948

split-complementary

#489EC9 #C9485D #C9B348

monochromatic

#225974 #307DA4 #489EC9 #77B7D7 #A7D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#489EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#489EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #489EC9

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489EC9	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	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)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.104 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad9',
    500: '#489ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489ec9;
$custom-light: #88bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6643,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489EC9

secondary

#D2AD9B

accent

#7B4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489EC9

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

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