#4C90AF#4C90AF

#4C90AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.083 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C90AF
RGB	rgb(76, 144, 175)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -12.42, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 25.98, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0538 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.083 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6887, 24.5763, 44.2026)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C90AF #AF6B4C

analogous

#4CAF9D #4C90AF #4C5FAF

triadic

#4C90AF #AF4C90 #90AF4C

tetradic

#4C90AF #9D4CAF #AF6B4C #5FAF4C

square

#4C90AF #9D4CAF #AF6B4C #5FAF4C

split-complementary

#4C90AF #AF4C5F #AF9D4C

monochromatic

#274A5A #396D84 #4C90AF #75ABC3 #A0C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4C90AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4C90AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C90AF

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C90AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C90AF	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7283AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c90af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 144, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.083 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0c7',
    500: '#4c90af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c90af;
$custom-light: #86b0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c90af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.788,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62123,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C90AF

secondary

#C2A394

accent

#7E58CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C90AF

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

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