#90CABC#90CABC

#90CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.063 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CABC
RGB	rgb(144, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(166, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -21.64, 0.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 21.66, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0631 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.063 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6962, 51.7991, 55.3684)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CABC #CA909E

analogous

#90CA9F #90CABC #90BBCA

triadic

#90CABC #BC90CA #CABC90

tetradic

#90CABC #9F90CA #CA909E #BBCA90

square

#90CABC #9F90CA #CA909E #BBCA90

split-complementary

#90CABC #CA90BB #CA9F90

monochromatic

#489784 #67B6A3 #90CABC #B9DED5 #E3F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#90CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#90CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CABC

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CABC	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.063 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dad0',
    500: '#90cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cabc;
$custom-light: #b2dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 35.366,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79512,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CABC

secondary

#9F606F

accent

#3754AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#111414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CABC

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

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