#90AEE3#90AEE3

#90AEE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.084 H 261.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AEE3
RGB	rgb(144, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(218, 60%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 2.56, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 30.03, 274.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0123 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.084 261.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4985, 41.7455, 78.5819)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AEE3 #E3C590

analogous

#90D8E3 #90AEE3 #9B90E3

triadic

#90AEE3 #E390AE #AEE390

tetradic

#90AEE3 #E390D8 #E3C590 #90E39B

square

#90AEE3 #E390D8 #E3C590 #90E39B

split-complementary

#90AEE3 #E39B90 #D8E390

monochromatic

#3268C7 #5F8AD7 #90AEE3 #C1D2EF #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#90AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#90AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AEE3

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AEE3	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.084 261.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c6ec',
    500: '#90aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aee3;
$custom-light: #b3c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.313,
    "s": 59.712,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74803,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 261.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AEE3

secondary

#F0E8DB

accent

#8A1EC7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AEE3

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

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