#90CBEF#90CBEF

#90CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.079 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CBEF
RGB	rgb(144, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -9.97, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 25.75, 247.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0445 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.079 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4323, 54.8702, 89.6836)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CBEF #EFB490

analogous

#90EFE4 #90CBEF #909BEF

triadic

#90CBEF #EF90CB #CBEF90

tetradic

#90CBEF #E490EF #EFB490 #9BEF90

square

#90CBEF #E490EF #EFB490 #9BEF90

split-complementary

#90CBEF #EF909B #EFE490

monochromatic

#2599E0 #5BB2E7 #90CBEF #C5E4F7 #E4F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#90CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#90CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CBEF

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CBEF	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.079 235.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.737,
    "s": 74.803,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81455,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CBEF

secondary

#CB8458

accent

#5A0FD7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CBEF

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

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