#90A6AE#90A6AE

#90A6AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.027 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#90A6AE
RGBrgb(144, 166, 174)
HSLhsl(196, 16%, 62%)
HSVhsv(196, 17%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(17.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.72, -5.91, -6.70)
CIE-LCHlch(66.72, 8.93, 228.59°)
OKLaboklab(71.08% -0.0203 -0.0181)
OKLCHoklch(71.08% 0.027 221.7)
XYZxyz(32.7758, 36.2569, 45.3076)
Luminance0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#90A6AE #AE9890
analogous
#90AEA7 #90A6AE #9097AE
triadic
#90A6AE #AE90A6 #A6AE90
tetradic
#90A6AE #A790AE #AE9890 #97AE90
square
#90A6AE #A790AE #AE9890 #97AE90
split-complementary
#90A6AE #AE9097 #AEA790
monochromatic
#536971 #6D8A94 #90A6AE #B3C2C8 #D7DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#90A6AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25
#90A6AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90A6AE
8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##90A6AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##90A6AE1.002.548.258.25
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2521.001.001.00
##0000008.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1A5AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA1AE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#88A9A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #90a6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.027 221.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c0c6',
    500: '#90a6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #90a6ae;
$custom-light: #b1c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#90a6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 15.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71078,
    "c": 0.02724,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#90A6AE
secondary
#D2CAC7
accent
#614C9A
background
#FAFBFC
surface
#F5F7F8
border
#CFD0D1
text
#101213
muted
#7F8182

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#90A6AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva