#90CAEE#90CAEE

#90CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.079 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CAEE
RGB	rgb(144, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -9.71, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 25.59, 247.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0436 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.079 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0496, 54.3405, 88.8292)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CAEE #EEB490

analogous

#90EEE3 #90CAEE #909BEE

triadic

#90CAEE #EE90CA #CAEE90

tetradic

#90CAEE #E390EE #EEB490 #9BEE90

square

#90CAEE #E390EE #EEB490 #9BEE90

split-complementary

#90CAEE #EE909B #EEE390

monochromatic

#2697DE #5BB1E6 #90CAEE #C5E3F6 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#90CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#90CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CAEE

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CAEE	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.079 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4daf3',
    500: '#90caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90caee;
$custom-light: #b4daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81201,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CAEE

secondary

#CA8459

accent

#5C10D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CAEE

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

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