#90BDFF#90BDFF

#90BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.106 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BDFF
RGB	rgb(144, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 1.83, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 37.25, 272.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0224 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.106 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7433, 49.5416, 101.6351)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90BDFF #FFD290

analogous

#90F4FF #90BDFF #9A90FF

triadic

#90BDFF #FF90BD #BDFF90

tetradic

#90BDFF #FF90F4 #FFD290 #90FF9A

square

#90BDFF #FF90F4 #FFD290 #90FF9A

split-complementary

#90BDFF #FF9A90 #F4FF90

monochromatic

#1674FF #5399FF #90BDFF #CDE1FF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#90BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#90BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BDFF

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BDFF	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66CBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.106 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5d0ff',
    500: '#90bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90bdff;
$custom-light: #b5d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BDFF

secondary

#F7E9D4

accent

#8800E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111418

muted

#808286

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BDFF

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

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