#90ACED#90ACED

#90ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90ACED
RGB	rgb(144, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(222, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 6.34, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 36.15, 280.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0067 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.099 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5355, 41.5467, 85.9351)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90ACED #EDD190

analogous

#90DBED #90ACED #A290ED

triadic

#90ACED #ED90AC #ACED90

tetradic

#90ACED #ED90DB #EDD190 #90EDA2

square

#90ACED #ED90DB #EDD190 #90EDA2

split-complementary

#90ACED #EDA290 #DBED90

monochromatic

#275DDC #5B85E4 #90ACED #C5D3F6 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#90ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#90ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90ACED

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90ACED	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c4f3',
    500: '#90aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aced;
$custom-light: #b3c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.935,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74825,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90ACED

secondary

#F2EBD9

accent

#9A11D4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #90ACED

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

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