#90AAEE#90AAEE

#90AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.103 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AAEE
RGB	rgb(144, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(223, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 7.73, -36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 37.69, 281.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0039 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.103 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3042, 40.8498, 86.5808)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AAEE #EED490

analogous

#90D9EE #90AAEE #A590EE

triadic

#90AAEE #EE90AA #AAEE90

tetradic

#90AAEE #EE90D9 #EED490 #90EEA5

square

#90AAEE #EE90D9 #EED490 #90EEA5

split-complementary

#90AAEE #EEA590 #D9EE90

monochromatic

#2659DE #5B81E6 #90AAEE #C5D3F6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#90AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#90AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AAEE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AAEE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.103 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c3f3',
    500: '#90aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aaee;
$custom-light: #b3c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AAEE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9F10D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AAEE

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

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