#4E90BF#4E90BF

#4E90BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90BF
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 191)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -6.97, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 31.55, 257.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0466 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.098 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5156, 25.3257, 52.9819)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90BF #BF7D4E

analogous

#4EBFB6 #4E90BF #4E57BF

triadic

#4E90BF #BF4E90 #90BF4E

tetradic

#4E90BF #B64EBF #BF7D4E #57BF4E

square

#4E90BF #B64EBF #BF7D4E #57BF4E

split-complementary

#4E90BF #BF4E57 #BFB64E

monochromatic

#274F6C #377099 #4E90BF #7BACCF #A8C8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E90BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4E90BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90BF

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90BF	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C85BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b0d2',
    500: '#4e90bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90bf;
$custom-light: #89b0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.956,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6294,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90BF

secondary

#CDB09C

accent

#8951D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90BF

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

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