#90CAEB#90CAEB

#90CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.076 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CAEB
RGB	rgb(144, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -10.48, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 24.57, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0447 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.076 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6125, 54.1656, 86.5273)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#90CAEB #EBB190

analogous

#90EBDF #90CAEB #909DEB

triadic

#90CAEB #EB90CA #CAEB90

tetradic

#90CAEB #DF90EB #EBB190 #9DEB90

square

#90CAEB #DF90EB #EBB190 #9DEB90

split-complementary

#90CAEB #EB909D #EBDF90

monochromatic

#2898D8 #5CB1E2 #90CAEB #C4E3F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#90CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#90CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CAEB

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CAEB	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ED3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.076 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4daf1',
    500: '#90caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90caeb;
$custom-light: #b4daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.758,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81087,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CAEB

secondary

#C68159

accent

#5914D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CAEB

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

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