#90BCDC#90BCDC

#90BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.066 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCDC
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -6.88, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 21.82, 251.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0325 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.066 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3990, 47.0609, 74.5459)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCDC #DCB090

analogous

#90DCD6 #90BCDC #9096DC

triadic

#90BCDC #DC90BC #BCDC90

tetradic

#90BCDC #D690DC #DCB090 #96DC90

square

#90BCDC #D690DC #DCB090 #96DC90

split-complementary

#90BCDC #DC9096 #DCD690

monochromatic

#3A83B8 #61A0CD #90BCDC #BFD8EB #E8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#90BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#90BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCDC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCDC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.066 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d0e7',
    500: '#90bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcdc;
$custom-light: #b2d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.06558,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCDC

secondary

#EEE2DA

accent

#6726BF

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCDC

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

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