#4E90AC#4E90AC

#4E90AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.079 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90AC
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 172)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -12.91, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 24.77, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0534 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.079 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5587, 24.5430, 42.6756)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90AC #AC6A4E

analogous

#4EAC99 #4E90AC #4E61AC

triadic

#4E90AC #AC4E90 #90AC4E

tetradic

#4E90AC #994EAC #AC6A4E #61AC4E

square

#4E90AC #994EAC #AC6A4E #61AC4E

split-complementary

#4E90AC #AC4E61 #AC994E

monochromatic

#284958 #3B6D82 #4E90AC #76ABC1 #A0C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E90AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4E90AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90AC

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90AC	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.079 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0c4',
    500: '#4e90ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90ac;
$custom-light: #87b0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62081,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90AC

secondary

#C1A295

accent

#7D5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90AC

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

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