#90AEFA#90AEFA

#90AEFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AEFA
RGB	rgb(144, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(223, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 8.77, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 41.92, 282.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0056 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.115 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8876, 43.1011, 96.4308)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AEFA #FADC90

analogous

#90E3FA #90AEFA #A790FA

triadic

#90AEFA #FA90AE #AEFA90

tetradic

#90AEFA #FA90E3 #FADC90 #90FAA7

square

#90AEFA #FA90E3 #FADC90 #90FAA7

split-complementary

#90AEFA #FAA790 #E3FA90

monochromatic

#1B59F5 #5583F7 #90AEFA #CBD9FD #E2EAFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#90AEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#90AEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AEFA

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AEFA	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B5FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BBEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 174, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4c5fc',
    500: '#90aefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aefa;
$custom-light: #b4c5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.019,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AEFA

secondary

#F6EDD5

accent

#A500E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AEFA

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

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