#4E90A5#4E90A5

#4E90A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.074 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90A5
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -15.01, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 23.09, 229.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0562 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.074 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9041, 24.2811, 39.2278)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90A5 #A5634E

analogous

#4EA58E #4E90A5 #4E64A5

triadic

#4E90A5 #A54E90 #90A54E

tetradic

#4E90A5 #8E4EA5 #A5634E #64A54E

square

#4E90A5 #8E4EA5 #A5634E #64A54E

split-complementary

#4E90A5 #A54E64 #A58E4E

monochromatic

#274752 #3A6C7B #4E90A5 #73ABBD #9DC4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E90A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E90A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90A5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90A5	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.074 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bf',
    500: '#4e90a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90a5;
$custom-light: #86b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61789,
    "c": 0.07427,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90A5

secondary

#BD9C91

accent

#775CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90A5

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

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