#90BDCF#90BDCF

#90BDCF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.054 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BDCF
RGB	rgb(144, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 30%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -10.61, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 17.46, 232.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0386 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.054 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9581, 46.8275, 65.8999)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BDCF #CFA290

analogous

#90CFC2 #90BDCF #909ECF

triadic

#90BDCF #CF90BD #BDCF90

tetradic

#90BDCF #C290CF #CFA290 #9ECF90

square

#90BDCF #C290CF #CFA290 #9ECF90

split-complementary

#90BDCF #CF909E #CFC290

monochromatic

#4586A0 #65A4BD #90BDCF #BBD6E1 #E5F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#90BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#90BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BDCF

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BDCF	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BC3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.054 224.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.05412,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BDCF

secondary

#E7D9D4

accent

#5733B3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#111415

muted

#808283

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BDCF

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

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