#4E90AF#4E90AF

#4E90AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.082 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90AF
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 175)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -11.99, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 25.66, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0523 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.082 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8501, 24.6595, 44.2101)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90AF #AF6D4E

analogous

#4EAF9E #4E90AF #4E60AF

triadic

#4E90AF #AF4E90 #90AF4E

tetradic

#4E90AF #9E4EAF #AF6D4E #60AF4E

square

#4E90AF #9E4EAF #AF6D4E #60AF4E

split-complementary

#4E90AF #AF4E60 #AF9E4E

monochromatic

#284A5A #3B6D85 #4E90AF #78ABC3 #A2C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4E90AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4E90AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90AF

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90AF	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.082 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0c7',
    500: '#4e90af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90af;
$custom-light: #87b0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62211,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90AF

secondary

#C3A496

accent

#7F5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90AF

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

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