#90BCAD#90BCAD

#90BCAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.052 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCAD
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(160, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -17.74, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 17.96, 170.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0511 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.052 172)
XYZ	xyz(37.0254, 44.9114, 46.2450)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCAD #BC909F

analogous

#90BC97 #90BCAD #90B5BC

triadic

#90BCAD #AD90BC #BCAD90

tetradic

#90BCAD #9790BC #BC909F #B5BC90

square

#90BCAD #9790BC #BC909F #B5BC90

split-complementary

#90BCAD #BC90B5 #BC9790

monochromatic

#4F8371 #6AA591 #90BCAD #B6D3C9 #DCEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#90BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#90BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCAD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCAD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.052 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0c5',
    500: '#90bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcad;
$custom-light: #b1d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.545,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.05159,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.44913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCAD

secondary

#DBCCD2

accent

#4263A3

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F9F8

border

#CFD2D1

text

#111412

muted

#808281

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCAD

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

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