#90CBDD#90CBDD

#90CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.066 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CBDD
RGB	rgb(144, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(194, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -14.52, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 20.86, 225.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0511 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.066 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9043, 53.8590, 76.3696)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CBDD #DDA290

analogous

#90DDC9 #90CBDD #90A5DD

triadic

#90CBDD #DD90CB #CBDD90

tetradic

#90CBDD #C990DD #DDA290 #A5DD90

square

#90CBDD #C990DD #DDA290 #A5DD90

split-complementary

#90CBDD #DD90A5 #DDC990

monochromatic

#399CBA #61B5CF #90CBDD #BFE1EB #E8F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#90CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#90CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CBDD

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CBDD	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.066 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dae7',
    500: '#90cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cbdd;
$custom-light: #b3dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.06552,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CBDD

secondary

#B5715D

accent

#4925C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CBDD

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

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