#4E90B5#4E90B5

#4E90B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.088 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90B5
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -10.13, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 27.66, 248.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0501 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.088 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4525, 24.9005, 47.3829)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90B5 #B5734E

analogous

#4EB5A6 #4E90B5 #4E5CB5

triadic

#4E90B5 #B54E90 #90B54E

tetradic

#4E90B5 #A64EB5 #B5734E #5CB54E

square

#4E90B5 #A64EB5 #B5734E #5CB54E

split-complementary

#4E90B5 #B54E5C #B5A64E

monochromatic

#284C60 #3A6E8B #4E90B5 #79ABC7 #A4C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E90B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4E90B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90B5

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90B5	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.088 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0cb',
    500: '#4e90b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90b5;
$custom-light: #88b0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.553,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62476,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90B5

secondary

#C6A999

accent

#8357D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90B5

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

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