#4E90AE#4E90AE

#4E90AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.081 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90AE
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -12.30, -22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 25.35, 240.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0527 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.081 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7522, 24.6204, 43.6948)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90AE #AE6C4E

analogous

#4EAE9C #4E90AE #4E60AE

triadic

#4E90AE #AE4E90 #90AE4E

tetradic

#4E90AE #9C4EAE #AE6C4E #60AE4E

square

#4E90AE #9C4EAE #AE6C4E #60AE4E

split-complementary

#4E90AE #AE4E60 #AE9C4E

monochromatic

#284A59 #3B6D84 #4E90AE #77ABC2 #A1C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E90AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4E90AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90AE

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90AE	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	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)

#818EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.081 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0c6',
    500: '#4e90ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90ae;
$custom-light: #87b0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62167,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90AE

secondary

#C2A496

accent

#7E5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90AE

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

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