#90BDCE#90BDCE

#90BDCE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.053 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BDCE
RGB	rgb(144, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -10.85, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 17.22, 230.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.039 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.053 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8363, 46.7788, 65.2581)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BDCE #CEA190

analogous

#90CEC0 #90BDCE #909ECE

triadic

#90BDCE #CE90BD #BDCE90

tetradic

#90BDCE #C090CE #CEA190 #9ECE90

square

#90BDCE #C090CE #CEA190 #9ECE90

split-complementary

#90BDCE #CE909E #CEC090

monochromatic

#46869E #66A4BB #90BDCE #BAD6E1 #E5EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#90BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#90BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BDCE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BDCE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.053 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d0dd',
    500: '#90bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bdce;
$custom-light: #b2d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 38.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.05345,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BDCE

secondary

#E6D9D4

accent

#5634B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BDCE

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

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