#90BCAF#90BCAF

#90BCAF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.050 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCAF
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(162, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -17.32, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 17.41, 174.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0502 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.05 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2204, 44.9894, 47.2718)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCAF #BC909D

analogous

#90BC99 #90BCAF #90B3BC

triadic

#90BCAF #AF90BC #BCAF90

tetradic

#90BCAF #9990BC #BC909D #B3BC90

square

#90BCAF #9990BC #BC909D #B3BC90

split-complementary

#90BCAF #BC90B3 #BC9990

monochromatic

#4F8373 #6AA593 #90BCAF #B6D3CB #DCEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#90BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#90BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCAF

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCAF	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.050 174.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.273,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75985,
    "c": 0.05043,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCAF

secondary

#DBCCD1

accent

#425FA3

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F5F9F8

border

#CFD2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCAF

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

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