#90BDCD#90BDCD

#90BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.053 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BDCD
RGB	rgb(144, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -11.09, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 16.99, 229.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0394 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.053 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7152, 46.7303, 64.6203)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BDCD #CDA090

analogous

#90CDBE #90BDCD #909ECD

triadic

#90BDCD #CD90BD #BDCD90

tetradic

#90BDCD #BE90CD #CDA090 #9ECD90

square

#90BDCD #BE90CD #CDA090 #9ECD90

split-complementary

#90BDCD #CD909E #CDBE90

monochromatic

#46869C #66A4BA #90BDCD #BAD6E0 #E4EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#90BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#90BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BDCD

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BDCD	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CC2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.053 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d0dc',
    500: '#90bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bdcd;
$custom-light: #b2d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77168,
    "c": 0.05281,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BDCD

secondary

#E6D8D3

accent

#5535B1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BDCD

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

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