#90CAFE#90CAFE

#90CAFE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.095 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CAFE
RGB	rgb(144, 202, 254)
HSL	hsl(208, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(208, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -5.48, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 31.83, 260.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0382 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.095 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5055, 55.3228, 101.7638)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CAFE #FEC490

analogous

#90FEFB #90CAFE #9093FE

triadic

#90CAFE #FE90CA #CAFE90

tetradic

#90CAFE #FB90FE #FEC490 #93FE90

square

#90CAFE #FB90FE #FEC490 #93FE90

split-complementary

#90CAFE #FE9093 #FEFB90

monochromatic

#1790FD #53ADFD #90CAFE #CDE7FF #E1F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#90CAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#90CAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CAFE

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CAFE	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 202, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.095 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5daff',
    500: '#90cafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cafe;
$custom-light: #b5daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.364,
    "s": 98.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81837,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CAFE

secondary

#DF9553

accent

#6C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFF

border

#D1D4D7

text

#111418

muted

#818386

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CAFE

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

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