#4D90E6#4D90E6

#4D90E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.146 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D90E6
RGB	rgb(77, 144, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 5.84, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 50.16, 276.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0363 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.146 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3116, 27.2347, 78.6650)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D90E6 #E6A34D

analogous

#4DDDE6 #4D90E6 #564DE6

triadic

#4D90E6 #E64D90 #90E64D

tetradic

#4D90E6 #E64DDD #E6A34D #4DE656

square

#4D90E6 #E64DDD #E6A34D #4DE656

split-complementary

#4D90E6 #E6564D #DDE64D

monochromatic

#1754A2 #1E6FD8 #4D90E6 #83B1EE #B8D3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4D90E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4D90E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D90E6

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D90E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D90E6	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A96E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d90e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 144, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.146 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb0ee',
    500: '#4d90e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d90e6;
$custom-light: #8eb0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d90e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.725,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64945,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D90E6

secondary

#E5CBAA

accent

#7F0ED8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D90E6

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

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