#4A90C8#4A90C8

#4A90C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A90C8
RGB	rgb(74, 144, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 28%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -4.79, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 35.83, 262.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0467 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.11 245)
XYZ	xyz(23.2187, 25.5702, 58.3443)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A90C8 #C8824A

analogous

#4AC8C1 #4A90C8 #4A51C8

triadic

#4A90C8 #C84A90 #90C84A

tetradic

#4A90C8 #C14AC8 #C8824A #51C84A

square

#4A90C8 #C14AC8 #C8824A #51C84A

split-complementary

#4A90C8 #C84A51 #C8C14A

monochromatic

#235074 #3271A3 #4A90C8 #79ADD6 #A8CAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A90C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4A90C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A90C8

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A90C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A90C8	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7791CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a90c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 144, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0d9',
    500: '#4a90c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a90c8;
$custom-light: #88b0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a90c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63212,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.25572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A90C8

secondary

#D2B49C

accent

#8C4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A90C8

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

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