#90AFEE#90AFEE

#90AFEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.098 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AFEE
RGB	rgb(144, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 4.93, -34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 35.19, 278.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0102 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.098 264)
XYZ	xyz(42.2594, 42.7601, 86.8992)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AFEE #EECF90

analogous

#90DEEE #90AFEE #A090EE

triadic

#90AFEE #EE90AF #AFEE90

tetradic

#90AFEE #EE90DE #EECF90 #90EEA0

square

#90AFEE #EE90DE #EECF90 #90EEA0

split-complementary

#90AFEE #EEA090 #DEEE90

monochromatic

#2662DE #5B89E6 #90AFEE #C5D5F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#90AFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#90AFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AFEE

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AFEE	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90afee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.098 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c6f3',
    500: '#90afee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90afee;
$custom-light: #b3c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90afee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.213,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AFEE

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9410D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AFEE

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

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