#90AFEF#90AFEF

#90AFEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.099 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90AFEF
RGB	rgb(144, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(220, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(220, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 5.20, -35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 35.70, 278.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0099 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.099 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4067, 42.8191, 87.6750)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90AFEF #EFD090

analogous

#90DEEF #90AFEF #A090EF

triadic

#90AFEF #EF90AF #AFEF90

tetradic

#90AFEF #EF90DE #EFD090 #90EFA0

square

#90AFEF #EF90DE #EFD090 #90EFA0

split-complementary

#90AFEF #EFA090 #DEEF90

monochromatic

#2562E0 #5B88E7 #90AFEF #C5D6F7 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#90AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#90AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90AFEF

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90AFEF	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.099 264.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.421,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75533,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90AFEF

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#960FD7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #90AFEF

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

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