#4E90A6#4E90A6

#4E90A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.075 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90A6
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 13.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -14.72, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 23.29, 230.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0558 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.075 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9955, 24.3177, 39.7091)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90A6 #A6644E

analogous

#4EA690 #4E90A6 #4E64A6

triadic

#4E90A6 #A64E90 #90A64E

tetradic

#4E90A6 #904EA6 #A6644E #64A64E

square

#4E90A6 #904EA6 #A6644E #64A64E

split-complementary

#4E90A6 #A64E64 #A6904E

monochromatic

#274853 #3A6C7C #4E90A6 #74ABBE #9DC4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E90A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4E90A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90A6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90A6	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#838DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.075 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0c0',
    500: '#4e90a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90a6;
$custom-light: #86b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6183,
    "c": 0.07493,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90A6

secondary

#BE9D92

accent

#785CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90A6

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

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