#90BCAE#90BCAE

#90BCAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.051 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCAE
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(161, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -17.53, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 17.68, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0506 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.051 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1225, 44.9503, 46.7565)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCAE #BC909E

analogous

#90BC98 #90BCAE #90B4BC

triadic

#90BCAE #AE90BC #BCAE90

tetradic

#90BCAE #9890BC #BC909E #B4BC90

square

#90BCAE #9890BC #BC909E #B4BC90

split-complementary

#90BCAE #BC90B4 #BC9890

monochromatic

#4F8372 #6AA592 #90BCAE #B6D3CA #DCEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#90BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#90BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCAE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCAE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.051 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0c6',
    500: '#90bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcae;
$custom-light: #b1d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75956,
    "c": 0.05099,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCAE

secondary

#DBCCD1

accent

#4261A3

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F9F8

border

#CFD2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCAE

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

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