#90A9DE#90A9DE

#90A9DE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.082 H 264.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90A9DE
RGB	rgb(144, 169, 222)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(221, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 4.03, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 29.81, 277.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0073 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.082 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8704, 39.5775, 74.6842)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90A9DE #DEC590

analogous

#90D0DE #90A9DE #9E90DE

triadic

#90A9DE #DE90A9 #A9DE90

tetradic

#90A9DE #DE90D0 #DEC590 #90DE9E

square

#90A9DE #DE90D0 #DEC590 #90DE9E

split-complementary

#90A9DE #DE9E90 #D0DE90

monochromatic

#3862BC #6184D0 #90A9DE #BFCEEC #E7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#90A9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#90A9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90A9DE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90A9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90A9DE	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90a9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 169, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.082 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c2e8',
    500: '#90a9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90a9de;
$custom-light: #b2c2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90a9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73545,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90A9DE

secondary

#EFE8DB

accent

#8F24C2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #90A9DE

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

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