#90BAFA#90BAFA

#90BAFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.103 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BAFA
RGB	rgb(144, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(216, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(216, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, 2.10, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 36.12, 273.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0202 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.103 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3102, 47.9465, 97.2383)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BAFA #FAD090

analogous

#90EFFA #90BAFA #9B90FA

triadic

#90BAFA #FA90BA #BAFA90

tetradic

#90BAFA #FA90EF #FAD090 #90FA9B

square

#90BAFA #FA90EF #FAD090 #90FA9B

split-complementary

#90BAFA #FA9B90 #EFFA90

monochromatic

#1B71F5 #5596F7 #90BAFA #CBDEFD #E2EDFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#90BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#90BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BAFA

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BAFA	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BEFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B4F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.103 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4cefc',
    500: '#90bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bafa;
$custom-light: #b4cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.226,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78303,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BAFA

secondary

#F6E9D5

accent

#8B00E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BAFA

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

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