#90ABE6#90ABE6

#90ABE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.091 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90ABE6
RGB	rgb(144, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(221, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(221, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 5.02, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 33.00, 278.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0075 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.091 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3431, 40.7664, 80.5906)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90ABE6 #E6CB90

analogous

#90D6E6 #90ABE6 #A090E6

triadic

#90ABE6 #E690AB #ABE690

tetradic

#90ABE6 #E690D6 #E6CB90 #90E6A0

square

#90ABE6 #E690D6 #E6CB90 #90E6A0

split-complementary

#90ABE6 #E6A090 #D6E690

monochromatic

#2E60CD #5E85DB #90ABE6 #C2D1F1 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#90ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#90ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90ABE6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90ABE6	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.091 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c3ee',
    500: '#90abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90abe6;
$custom-light: #b3c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.163,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74307,
    "c": 0.09095,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90ABE6

secondary

#F1EADA

accent

#941ACB

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111216

muted

#808184

Preview Lab

Preview with #90ABE6

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

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