#4E90A7#4E90A7

#4E90A7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.076 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90A7
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -14.42, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 23.51, 232.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0554 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.076 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0875, 24.3545, 40.1940)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90A7 #A7654E

analogous

#4EA792 #4E90A7 #4E63A7

triadic

#4E90A7 #A74E90 #90A74E

tetradic

#4E90A7 #924EA7 #A7654E #63A74E

square

#4E90A7 #924EA7 #A7654E #63A74E

split-complementary

#4E90A7 #A74E63 #A7924E

monochromatic

#274854 #3B6C7D #4E90A7 #74ABBE #9EC4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4E90A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4E90A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90A7

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90A7	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7683A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.076 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0c1',
    500: '#4e90a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90a7;
$custom-light: #86b0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.07563,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90A7

secondary

#BE9E92

accent

#795BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90A7

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

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