#90CAEF#90CAEF

#90CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.079 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CAEF
RGB	rgb(144, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -9.45, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 25.94, 248.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0432 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.079 237)
XYZ	xyz(48.1969, 54.3994, 89.6051)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#90CAEF #EFB590

analogous

#90EFE4 #90CAEF #909BEF

triadic

#90CAEF #EF90CA #CAEF90

tetradic

#90CAEF #E490EF #EFB590 #9BEF90

square

#90CAEF #E490EF #EFB590 #9BEF90

split-complementary

#90CAEF #EF909B #EFE490

monochromatic

#2597E0 #5BB0E7 #90CAEF #C5E4F7 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#90CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#90CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CAEF

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CAEF	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.079 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4daf4',
    500: '#90caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90caef;
$custom-light: #b4daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.368,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8124,
    "c": 0.07947,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.54402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CAEF

secondary

#CB8558

accent

#5D0FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CAEF

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

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