#90CDEC#90CDEC

#90CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.076 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CDEC
RGB	rgb(144, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(200, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -11.79, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 24.49, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.048 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.076 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4681, 55.6451, 87.5272)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CDEC #ECAF90

analogous

#90ECDD #90CDEC #909FEC

triadic

#90CDEC #EC90CD #CDEC90

tetradic

#90CDEC #DD90EC #ECAF90 #9FEC90

square

#90CDEC #DD90EC #ECAF90 #9FEC90

split-complementary

#90CDEC #EC909F #ECDD90

monochromatic

#279EDA #5CB5E3 #90CDEC #C4E5F5 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#90CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#90CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CDEC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CDEC	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.076 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4dcf2',
    500: '#90cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cdec;
$custom-light: #b4dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.217,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81774,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CDEC

secondary

#C77E59

accent

#5313D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CDEC

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

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