#90BCAC#90BCAC

#90BCAC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.052 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCAC
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(158, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(158, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -17.94, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 18.25, 169.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0515 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.052 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9290, 44.8729, 45.7373)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCAC #BC90A0

analogous

#90BC96 #90BCAC #90B6BC

triadic

#90BCAC #AC90BC #BCAC90

tetradic

#90BCAC #9690BC #BC90A0 #B6BC90

square

#90BCAC #9690BC #BC90A0 #B6BC90

split-complementary

#90BCAC #BC90B6 #BC9690

monochromatic

#4F8370 #6AA58F #90BCAC #B6D3C9 #DCEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#90BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#90BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCAC

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCAC	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.052 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0c4',
    500: '#90bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcac;
$custom-light: #b1d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75898,
    "c": 0.0522,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCAC

secondary

#DBCCD2

accent

#4266A3

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F9F8

border

#CFD2D1

text

#111412

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCAC

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

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