#4E90C9#4E90C9

#4E90C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90C9
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 28.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -3.72, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 35.93, 264.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0434 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.11 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6539, 25.7810, 58.9767)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90C9 #C9874E

analogous

#4EC9C5 #4E90C9 #4E52C9

triadic

#4E90C9 #C94E90 #90C94E

tetradic

#4E90C9 #C54EC9 #C9874E #52C94E

square

#4E90C9 #C54EC9 #C9874E #52C94E

split-complementary

#4E90C9 #C94E52 #C9C54E

monochromatic

#255178 #3371A7 #4E90C9 #7DADD7 #ACCBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E90C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E90C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90C9

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90C9	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7792CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab0d9',
    500: '#4e90c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90c9;
$custom-light: #8ab0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.805,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63429,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90C9

secondary

#D3B89F

accent

#8F4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90C9

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

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