#4A90AD#4A90AD

#4A90AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.083 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A90AD
RGB	rgb(74, 144, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -13.46, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 25.72, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.056 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.083 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3372, 24.4176, 43.1684)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A90AD #AD674A

analogous

#4AAD98 #4A90AD #4A5EAD

triadic

#4A90AD #AD4A90 #90AD4A

tetradic

#4A90AD #984AAD #AD674A #5EAD4A

square

#4A90AD #984AAD #AD674A #5EAD4A

split-complementary

#4A90AD #AD4A5E #AD984A

monochromatic

#254957 #386C82 #4A90AD #72ABC3 #9DC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A90AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4A90AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A90AD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A90AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A90AD	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a90ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 144, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.083 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0c5',
    500: '#4a90ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a90ad;
$custom-light: #85b0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a90ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A90AD

secondary

#C19F91

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A90AD

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

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