#4E90B4#4E90B4

#4E90B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.087 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90B4
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 20%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -10.45, -25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 27.30, 247.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0505 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.087 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3503, 24.8596, 46.8444)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90B4 #B4724E

analogous

#4EB4A5 #4E90B4 #4E5DB4

triadic

#4E90B4 #B44E90 #90B44E

tetradic

#4E90B4 #A54EB4 #B4724E #5DB44E

square

#4E90B4 #A54EB4 #B4724E #5DB44E

split-complementary

#4E90B4 #B44E5D #B4A54E

monochromatic

#284C5F #3B6E8A #4E90B4 #79ABC6 #A4C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4E90B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4E90B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90B4

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90B4	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7184B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.087 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0ca',
    500: '#4e90b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90b4;
$custom-light: #88b0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62431,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90B4

secondary

#C6A898

accent

#8257D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90B4

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

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