#90ACEE#90ACEE

#90ACEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90ACEE
RGB	rgb(144, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(222, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 6.61, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 36.67, 280.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0064 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.101 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6820, 41.6053, 86.7067)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90ACEE #EED290

analogous

#90DBEE #90ACEE #A390EE

triadic

#90ACEE #EE90AC #ACEE90

tetradic

#90ACEE #EE90DB #EED290 #90EEA3

square

#90ACEE #EE90DB #EED290 #90EEA3

split-complementary

#90ACEE #EEA390 #DBEE90

monochromatic

#265DDE #5B84E6 #90ACEE #C5D4F6 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#90ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#90ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90ACEE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90ACEE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 266.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.128,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7487,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90ACEE

secondary

#F3EBD8

accent

#9B10D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #90ACEE

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

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