#489FC9#489FC9

#489FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489FC9
RGB	rgb(72, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -13.21, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 32.13, 245.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0635 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.104 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6091, 30.3884, 59.7629)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489FC9 #C97248

analogous

#48C9B2 #489FC9 #485EC9

triadic

#489FC9 #C9489F #9FC948

tetradic

#489FC9 #B248C9 #C97248 #5EC948

square

#489FC9 #B248C9 #C97248 #5EC948

split-complementary

#489FC9 #C9485E #C9B248

monochromatic

#225A74 #307EA4 #489FC9 #77B8D7 #A7D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#489FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#489FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #489FC9

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489FC9	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bbd9',
    500: '#489fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489fc9;
$custom-light: #88bbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.535,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66664,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489FC9

secondary

#D2AD9B

accent

#7A4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #489FC9

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

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