#89BCD8#89BCD8

#89BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.067 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#89BCD8
RGBrgb(137, 188, 216)
HSLhsl(201, 50%, 69%)
HSVhsv(201, 37%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(36.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.70, -9.81, -19.37)
CIE-LCHlch(73.70, 21.71, 243.15°)
OKLaboklab(76.93% -0.0405 -0.0533)
OKLCHoklch(76.93% 0.067 232.8)
XYZxyz(40.6903, 46.2404, 71.7336)
Luminance0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#89BCD8 #D8A589
analogous
#89D8CD #89BCD8 #8995D8
triadic
#89BCD8 #D889BC #BCD889
tetradic
#89BCD8 #CD89D8 #D8A589 #95D889
square
#89BCD8 #CD89D8 #D8A589 #95D889
split-complementary
#89BCD8 #D88995 #D8CD89
monochromatic
#3984AD #5BA2C9 #89BCD8 #B7D6E7 #E5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#89BCD8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25
#89BCD8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #89BCD8
10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##89BCD8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##89BCD81.002.0510.2510.25
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2521.001.001.00
##00000010.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFBAD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3B1D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6DC4C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #89bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.067 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0e4',
    500: '#89bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #89bcd8;
$custom-light: #aed0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#89bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.266,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76931,
    "c": 0.06689,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#89BCD8
secondary
#EADBD3
accent
#5D28BE
background
#FAFCFD
surface
#F5F9FB
border
#CFD2D4
text
#101415
muted
#7F8283

Preview Lab

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#89BCD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva