#90BAEF#90BAEF

#90BAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.089 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#90BAEF
RGBrgb(144, 186, 239)
HSLhsl(213, 75%, 75%)
HSVhsv(213, 40%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.37, -0.87, -30.79)
CIE-LCHlch(74.37, 30.80, 268.39°)
OKLaboklab(77.83% -0.0236 -0.0854)
OKLCHoklch(77.83% 0.089 254.6)
XYZxyz(44.6355, 47.2766, 88.4180)
Luminance0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#90BAEF #EFC590
analogous
#90E9EF #90BAEF #9690EF
triadic
#90BAEF #EF90BA #BAEF90
tetradic
#90BAEF #EF90E9 #EFC590 #90EF96
square
#90BAEF #EF90E9 #EFC590 #90EF96
split-complementary
#90BAEF #EF9690 #E9EF90
monochromatic
#2577E0 #5B99E7 #90BAEF #C5DBF7 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#90BAEF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46
#90BAEF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BAEF
10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##90BAEF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##90BAEF1.002.0110.4610.46
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4621.001.001.00
##00000010.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6BCF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BB3EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6FC6CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #90baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.089 254.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4cef4',
    500: '#90baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #90baef;
$custom-light: #b4cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#90baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.474,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.08863,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#90BAEF
secondary
#F3E7D8
accent
#7E0FD7
background
#FBFCFE
surface
#F6F9FD
border
#D0D2D5
text
#111317
muted
#808285

Preview Lab

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#90BAEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva