#90BCB5#90BCB5

#90BCB5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.048 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCB5
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(170, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(170, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -16.04, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 16.09, 184.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0477 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.048 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8228, 45.2304, 50.4446)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCB5 #BC9097

analogous

#90BC9F #90BCB5 #90ADBC

triadic

#90BCB5 #B590BC #BCB590

tetradic

#90BCB5 #9F90BC #BC9097 #ADBC90

square

#90BCB5 #9F90BC #BC9097 #ADBC90

split-complementary

#90BCB5 #BC90AD #BC9F90

monochromatic

#4F837A #6AA59C #90BCB5 #B6D3CE #DCEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#90BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#90BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCB5

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCB5	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.048 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0cb',
    500: '#90bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcb5;
$custom-light: #b1d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76164,
    "c": 0.04784,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCB5

secondary

#DBCCCF

accent

#4252A3

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCB5

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

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