#4E90AD#4E90AD

#4E90AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.080 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90AD
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -12.61, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 25.06, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0531 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.08 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6551, 24.5815, 43.1833)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90AD #AD6B4E

analogous

#4EAD9B #4E90AD #4E60AD

triadic

#4E90AD #AD4E90 #90AD4E

tetradic

#4E90AD #9B4EAD #AD6B4E #60AD4E

square

#4E90AD #9B4EAD #AD6B4E #60AD4E

split-complementary

#4E90AD #AD4E60 #AD9B4E

monochromatic

#284A59 #3B6D83 #4E90AD #77ABC2 #A1C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4E90AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E90AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90AD

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90AD	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.080 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0c5',
    500: '#4e90ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90ad;
$custom-light: #87b0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.316,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62124,
    "c": 0.08026,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90AD

secondary

#C2A395

accent

#7D5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90AD

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

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