#4A90BE#4A90BE

#4A90BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A90BE
RGB	rgb(74, 144, 190)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 24.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -8.07, -30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 31.58, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0499 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.099 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0881, 25.1179, 52.3894)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A90BE #BE784A

analogous

#4ABEB2 #4A90BE #4A56BE

triadic

#4A90BE #BE4A90 #90BE4A

tetradic

#4A90BE #B24ABE #BE784A #56BE4A

square

#4A90BE #B24ABE #BE784A #56BE4A

split-complementary

#4A90BE #BE4A56 #BEB24A

monochromatic

#254E68 #366F95 #4A90BE #77ACCE #A4C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A90BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4A90BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A90BE

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A90BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A90BE	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B84BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a90be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 144, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0d1',
    500: '#4a90be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a90be;
$custom-light: #87b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a90be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62723,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A90BE

secondary

#CBAD98

accent

#8651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A90BE

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

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