#90BDEC#90BDEC

#90BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BDEC
RGB	rgb(144, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(211, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(211, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -3.29, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 28.29, 263.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0283 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.083 250)
XYZ	xyz(44.8346, 48.3781, 86.3161)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BDEC #ECBF90

analogous

#90EBEC #90BDEC #9190EC

triadic

#90BDEC #EC90BD #BDEC90

tetradic

#90BDEC #EC90EB #ECBF90 #90EC91

square

#90BDEC #EC90EB #ECBF90 #90EC91

split-complementary

#90BDEC #EC9190 #EBEC90

monochromatic

#277FDA #5C9EE3 #90BDEC #C4DCF5 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#90BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#90BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BDEC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BDEC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d0f2',
    500: '#90bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bdec;
$custom-light: #b3d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.652,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7834,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.48381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BDEC

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7513D3

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BDEC

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

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