#4B90E6#4B90E6

#4B90E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.147 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B90E6
RGB	rgb(75, 144, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 5.53, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 50.25, 276.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0377 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.147 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1526, 27.1527, 78.6576)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B90E6 #E6A14B

analogous

#4BDEE6 #4B90E6 #534BE6

triadic

#4B90E6 #E64B90 #90E64B

tetradic

#4B90E6 #E64BDE #E6A14B #4BE653

square

#4B90E6 #E64BDE #E6A14B #4BE653

split-complementary

#4B90E6 #E6534B #DEE64B

monochromatic

#1654A0 #1E70D6 #4B90E6 #81B1ED #B6D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4B90E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#4B90E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B90E6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B90E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B90E6	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6996E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b90e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 144, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.147 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0ee',
    500: '#4b90e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b90e6;
$custom-light: #8db0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b90e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.29,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64865,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B90E6

secondary

#E4CAA8

accent

#9E36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B90E6

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

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