#4E90A0#4E90A0

#4E90A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.071 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90A0
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 10%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -16.48, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 22.25, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0582 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.071 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4579, 24.1026, 36.8778)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90A0 #A05E4E

analogous

#4EA087 #4E90A0 #4E67A0

triadic

#4E90A0 #A04E90 #90A04E

tetradic

#4E90A0 #874EA0 #A05E4E #67A04E

square

#4E90A0 #874EA0 #A05E4E #67A04E

split-complementary

#4E90A0 #A04E67 #A0874E

monochromatic

#26464E #3A6B77 #4E90A0 #71ACBA #9AC4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E90A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4E90A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90A0

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90A0	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.071 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bc',
    500: '#4e90a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90a0;
$custom-light: #86b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90A0

secondary

#BB988F

accent

#735DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90A0

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

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