#4E90E6#4E90E6

#4E90E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.146 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90E6
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 6.01, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 50.12, 276.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0356 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.146 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3929, 27.2766, 78.6689)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90E6 #E6A44E

analogous

#4EDCE6 #4E90E6 #584EE6

triadic

#4E90E6 #E64E90 #90E64E

tetradic

#4E90E6 #E64EDC #E6A44E #4EE658

square

#4E90E6 #E64EDC #E6A44E #4EE658

split-complementary

#4E90E6 #E6584E #DCE64E

monochromatic

#1754A3 #1F6FD8 #4E90E6 #84B2EE #B9D3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4E90E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4E90E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90E6

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90E6	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A96E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.146 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb0ee',
    500: '#4e90e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90e6;
$custom-light: #8eb0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.947,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90E6

secondary

#E5CCAB

accent

#800ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90E6

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

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