#90AEFD#90AEFD

#90AEFD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.119 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AEFD
RGB	rgb(144, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(223, 96%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(223, 43%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 9.61, -42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 43.49, 282.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0048 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.119 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3617, 43.2908, 98.9279)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AEFD #FDDF90

analogous

#90E5FD #90AEFD #A890FD

triadic

#90AEFD #FD90AE #AEFD90

tetradic

#90AEFD #FD90E5 #FDDF90 #90FDA8

square

#90AEFD #FD90E5 #FDDF90 #90FDA8

split-complementary

#90AEFD #FDA890 #E5FD90

monochromatic

#1856FB #5482FC #90AEFD #CCDAFE #E1E9FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#90AEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#90AEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AEFD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AEFD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92B5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ABFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69BECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.119 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c5fe',
    500: '#90aefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aefd;
$custom-light: #b5c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.486,
    "s": 96.46,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AEFD

secondary

#F7EDD4

accent

#A600E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AEFD

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

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