#90CED4#90CED4

#90CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.064 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CED4
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(185, 32%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -18.22, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 20.46, 207.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0583 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.064 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4526, 54.8228, 70.4614)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CED4 #D49690

analogous

#90D4B8 #90CED4 #90ACD4

triadic

#90CED4 #D490CE #CED490

tetradic

#90CED4 #B890D4 #D49690 #ACD490

square

#90CED4 #B890D4 #D49690 #ACD490

split-complementary

#90CED4 #D490AC #D4B890

monochromatic

#419FA8 #64BBC3 #90CED4 #BCE1E5 #E8F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#90CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#90CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CED4

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CED4	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#C5C9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.064 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dde1',
    500: '#90ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90ced4;
$custom-light: #b3dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 44.156,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.06364,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CED4

secondary

#AA655E

accent

#3A2EB7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CED4

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

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