#90AEEF#90AEEF

#90AEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.100 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AEEF
RGB	rgb(144, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 5.76, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 36.19, 279.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0087 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.1 265)
XYZ	xyz(42.2128, 42.4312, 87.6104)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AEEF #EFD190

analogous

#90DDEF #90AEEF #A290EF

triadic

#90AEEF #EF90AE #AEEF90

tetradic

#90AEEF #EF90DD #EFD190 #90EFA2

square

#90AEEF #EF90DD #EFD190 #90EFA2

split-complementary

#90AEEF #EFA290 #DDEF90

monochromatic

#2560E0 #5B87E7 #90AEEF #C5D5F7 #E4EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#90AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#90AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AEEF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AEEF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.100 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4c6f4',
    500: '#90aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aeef;
$custom-light: #b4c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75327,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.42433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AEEF

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#980FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AEEF

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

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