#4E90CD#4E90CD

#4E90CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90CD
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -2.41, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 37.79, 266.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0422 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.114 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1305, 25.9717, 61.4871)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90CD #CD8B4E

analogous

#4ECDCA #4E90CD #4E50CD

triadic

#4E90CD #CD4E90 #90CD4E

tetradic

#4E90CD #CA4ECD #CD8B4E #50CD4E

square

#4E90CD #CA4ECD #CD8B4E #50CD4E

split-complementary

#4E90CD #CD4E50 #CDCA4E

monochromatic

#23527D #3171AD #4E90CD #7EAEDA #ADCCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E90CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4E90CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90CD

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90CD	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7692D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0dc',
    500: '#4e90cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90cd;
$custom-light: #8bb0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.819,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63632,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90CD

secondary

#D6BAA1

accent

#9149DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90CD

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

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