#90BEFA#90BEFA

#90BEFA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.099 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90BEFA
RGB	rgb(144, 190, 250)
HSL	hsl(214, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(214, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 24%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -0.09, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 34.41, 269.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0251 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.099 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1647, 49.6555, 97.5232)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#90BEFA #FACC90

analogous

#90F3FA #90BEFA #9790FA

triadic

#90BEFA #FA90BE #BEFA90

tetradic

#90BEFA #FA90F3 #FACC90 #90FA97

square

#90BEFA #FA90F3 #FACC90 #90FA97

split-complementary

#90BEFA #FA9790 #F3FA90

monochromatic

#1B79F5 #559CF7 #90BEFA #CBE0FD #E2EEFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#90BEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#90BEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90BEFA

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90BEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90BEFA	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7C1FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68CBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90befa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 190, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.099 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4d1fc',
    500: '#90befa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90befa;
$custom-light: #b4d1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90befa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.962,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79138,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90BEFA

secondary

#F6E8D5

accent

#8200E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F9FF

border

#D0D2D7

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #90BEFA

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

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