#90CBEC#90CBEC

#90CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.076 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#90CBEC
RGBrgb(144, 203, 236)
HSLhsl(202, 71%, 75%)
HSVhsv(202, 39%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(39%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.86, -10.75, -22.29)
CIE-LCHlch(78.86, 24.75, 244.26°)
OKLaboklab(81.34% -0.0455 -0.0614)
OKLCHoklch(81.34% 0.076 233.5)
XYZxyz(47.9928, 54.6944, 87.3688)
Luminance0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#90CBEC #ECB190
analogous
#90ECDF #90CBEC #909DEC
triadic
#90CBEC #EC90CB #CBEC90
tetradic
#90CBEC #DF90EC #ECB190 #9DEC90
square
#90CBEC #DF90EC #ECB190 #9DEC90
split-complementary
#90CBEC #EC909D #ECDF90
monochromatic
#279ADA #5CB3E3 #90CBEC #C4E3F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#90CBEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94
#90CBEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CBEC
11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##90CBEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##90CBEC1.001.7611.9411.94
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9421.001.001.00
##00000011.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBC9EE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEBFEC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6DD4D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #90cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.076 233.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4daf2',
    500: '#90cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #90cbec;
$custom-light: #b4daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#90cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.522,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.07646,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#90CBEC
secondary
#C78159
accent
#5813D3
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F8FBFE
border
#D1D4D6
text
#111416
muted
#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CBEC

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#90CBEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva