#90BCBA#90BCBA

#90BCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.047 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCBA
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(177, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -14.94, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 15.41, 194.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0457 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.047 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3450, 45.4393, 53.1951)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCBA #BC9092

analogous

#90BCA4 #90BCBA #90A8BC

triadic

#90BCBA #BA90BC #BCBA90

tetradic

#90BCBA #A490BC #BC9092 #A8BC90

square

#90BCBA #A490BC #BC9092 #A8BC90

split-complementary

#90BCBA #BC90A8 #BCA490

monochromatic

#4F8380 #6AA5A2 #90BCBA #B6D3D2 #DCEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#90BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#90BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCBA

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCBA	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.047 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d0ce',
    500: '#90bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcba;
$custom-light: #b1d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 24.719,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.0468,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCBA

secondary

#DBCCCD

accent

#4247A3

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#111413

muted

#808282

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCBA

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

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