#90CDEE#90CDEE

#90CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.078 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CDEE
RGB	rgb(144, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -11.28, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 25.11, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0472 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.078 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7603, 55.7620, 89.0661)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CDEE #EEB190

analogous

#90EEE0 #90CDEE #909EEE

triadic

#90CDEE #EE90CD #CDEE90

tetradic

#90CDEE #E090EE #EEB190 #9EEE90

square

#90CDEE #E090EE #EEB190 #9EEE90

split-complementary

#90CDEE #EE909E #EEE090

monochromatic

#269DDE #5BB5E6 #90CDEE #C5E5F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#90CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#90CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CDEE

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CDEE	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.078 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4dcf3',
    500: '#90cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cdee;
$custom-light: #b4dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.064,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81849,
    "c": 0.0778,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CDEE

secondary

#CA8059

accent

#5510D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CDEE

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

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