#90AEFF#90AEFF

#90AEFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 268.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AEFF
RGB	rgb(144, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(224, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(224, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 10.16, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 44.53, 283.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0043 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.122 268)
XYZ	xyz(44.6820, 43.4189, 100.6146)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AEFF #FFE190

analogous

#90E5FF #90AEFF #A990FF

triadic

#90AEFF #FF90AE #AEFF90

tetradic

#90AEFF #FF90E5 #FFE190 #90FFA9

square

#90AEFF #FF90E5 #FFE190 #90FFA9

split-complementary

#90AEFF #FFA990 #E5FF90

monochromatic

#1655FF #5381FF #90AEFF #CDDBFF #E0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#90AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#90AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AEFF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AEFF	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86ACFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68BFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5c5ff',
    500: '#90aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90aeff;
$custom-light: #b5c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7607,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.43421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AEFF

secondary

#F7EED4

accent

#A700E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AEFF

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

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