#4E90CE#4E90CE

#4E90CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90CE
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -2.08, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 38.26, 266.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0419 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.116 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2516, 26.0201, 62.1249)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90CE #CE8C4E

analogous

#4ECECC #4E90CE #4E50CE

triadic

#4E90CE #CE4E90 #90CE4E

tetradic

#4E90CE #CC4ECE #CE8C4E #50CE4E

square

#4E90CE #CC4ECE #CE8C4E #50CE4E

split-complementary

#4E90CE #CE4E50 #CECC4E

monochromatic

#23527F #3071AE #4E90CE #7EAEDB #AECCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E90CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4E90CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90CE

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90CE	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7592D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6486CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0dd',
    500: '#4e90ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90ce;
$custom-light: #8bb0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.063,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90CE

secondary

#D7BBA1

accent

#9248E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90CE

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

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