#4E90A4#4E90A4

#4E90A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.074 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90A4
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -15.31, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 22.89, 228.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0566 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.074 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8134, 24.2448, 38.7504)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90A4 #A4624E

analogous

#4EA48D #4E90A4 #4E65A4

triadic

#4E90A4 #A44E90 #90A44E

tetradic

#4E90A4 #8D4EA4 #A4624E #65A44E

square

#4E90A4 #8D4EA4 #A4624E #65A44E

split-complementary

#4E90A4 #A44E65 #A48D4E

monochromatic

#274751 #3A6C7B #4E90A4 #73ABBC #9CC4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E90A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4E90A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90A4

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90A4	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7783A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.074 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bf',
    500: '#4e90a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90a4;
$custom-light: #86b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61748,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90A4

secondary

#BD9B91

accent

#765CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90A4

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

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