#4E90B2#4E90B2

#4E90B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.085 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90B2
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -11.07, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 26.62, 245.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0512 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.085 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1480, 24.7787, 45.7791)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90B2 #B2704E

analogous

#4EB2A2 #4E90B2 #4E5EB2

triadic

#4E90B2 #B24E90 #90B24E

tetradic

#4E90B2 #A24EB2 #B2704E #5EB24E

square

#4E90B2 #A24EB2 #B2704E #5EB24E

split-complementary

#4E90B2 #B24E5E #B2A24E

monochromatic

#294B5D #3B6E88 #4E90B2 #79ABC5 #A3C5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4E90B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4E90B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90B2

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90B2	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.085 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0c9',
    500: '#4e90b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90b2;
$custom-light: #87b0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.4,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62342,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90B2

secondary

#C4A798

accent

#8159CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90B2

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

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