#4E90AA#4E90AA

#4E90AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.078 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90AA
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -13.52, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 24.24, 236.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0542 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.078 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3681, 24.4667, 41.6716)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90AA #AA684E

analogous

#4EAA96 #4E90AA #4E62AA

triadic

#4E90AA #AA4E90 #90AA4E

tetradic

#4E90AA #964EAA #AA684E #62AA4E

square

#4E90AA #964EAA #AA684E #62AA4E

split-complementary

#4E90AA #AA4E62 #AA964E

monochromatic

#284956 #3B6C80 #4E90AA #75ABC0 #9FC4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E90AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4E90AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90AA

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90AA	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7583AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.078 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0c3',
    500: '#4e90aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90aa;
$custom-light: #86b0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61996,
    "c": 0.07784,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90AA

secondary

#C0A094

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90AA

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

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