#4E90BE#4E90BE

#4E90BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90BE
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -7.29, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 31.14, 256.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.047 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.097 241)
XYZ	xyz(22.4060, 25.2819, 52.4043)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90BE #BE7C4E

analogous

#4EBEB4 #4E90BE #4E58BE

triadic

#4E90BE #BE4E90 #90BE4E

tetradic

#4E90BE #B44EBE #BE7C4E #58BE4E

square

#4E90BE #B44EBE #BE7C4E #58BE4E

split-complementary

#4E90BE #BE4E58 #BEB44E

monochromatic

#274F6A #387097 #4E90BE #7BACCE #A8C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E90BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E90BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90BE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90BE	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C85BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b0d1',
    500: '#4e90be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90be;
$custom-light: #89b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62893,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.25284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90BE

secondary

#CCB09C

accent

#8852D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90BE

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

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