#4E90A2#4E90A2

#4E90A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.072 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90A2
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -15.90, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 22.54, 225.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0574 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.072 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6342, 24.1732, 37.8066)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90A2 #A2604E

analogous

#4EA28A #4E90A2 #4E66A2

triadic

#4E90A2 #A24E90 #90A24E

tetradic

#4E90A2 #8A4EA2 #A2604E #66A24E

square

#4E90A2 #8A4EA2 #A2604E #66A24E

split-complementary

#4E90A2 #A24E66 #A28A4E

monochromatic

#26474F #3A6B79 #4E90A2 #72ABBB #9BC4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E90A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E90A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90A2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90A2	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.072 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bd',
    500: '#4e90a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90a2;
$custom-light: #86b0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61667,
    "c": 0.07244,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90A2

secondary

#BC9990

accent

#745DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90A2

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

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