#90BCDE#90BCDE

#90BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.068 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BCDE
RGB	rgb(144, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -6.37, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 22.60, 253.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0318 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.068 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6654, 47.1675, 75.9492)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BCDE #DEB290

analogous

#90DED9 #90BCDE #9095DE

triadic

#90BCDE #DE90BC #BCDE90

tetradic

#90BCDE #D990DE #DEB290 #95DE90

square

#90BCDE #D990DE #DEB290 #95DE90

split-complementary

#90BCDE #DE9095 #DED990

monochromatic

#3882BC #61A0D0 #90BCDE #BFD8EC #E7F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#90BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#90BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BCDE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BCDE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.068 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d0e8',
    500: '#90bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bcde;
$custom-light: #b3d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.06765,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BCDE

secondary

#EFE4DB

accent

#6924C2

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FC

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BCDE

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

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