#90CAEC#90CAEC

#90CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.077 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CAEC
RGB	rgb(144, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -10.22, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 24.90, 245.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0443 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.077 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7574, 54.2236, 87.2903)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CAEC #ECB290

analogous

#90ECE0 #90CAEC #909CEC

triadic

#90CAEC #EC90CA #CAEC90

tetradic

#90CAEC #E090EC #ECB290 #9CEC90

square

#90CAEC #E090EC #ECB290 #9CEC90

split-complementary

#90CAEC #EC909C #ECE090

monochromatic

#2798DA #5CB1E3 #90CAEC #C4E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#90CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#90CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CAEC

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CAEC	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ED3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.077 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4daf2',
    500: '#90caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90caec;
$custom-light: #b4daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81125,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CAEC

secondary

#C78259

accent

#5A13D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CAEC

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

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