#90CED5#90CED5

#90CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.064 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CED5
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(186, 32%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -17.98, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 20.48, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0579 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.064 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5791, 54.8734, 71.1278)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CED5 #D59790

analogous

#90D5BA #90CED5 #90ABD5

triadic

#90CED5 #D590CE #CED590

tetradic

#90CED5 #BA90D5 #D59790 #ABD590

square

#90CED5 #BA90D5 #D59790 #ABD590

split-complementary

#90CED5 #D590AB #D5BA90

monochromatic

#409FAA #64BAC4 #90CED5 #BCE2E6 #E9F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#90CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#90CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CED5

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CED5	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.064 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dde1',
    500: '#90ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90ced5;
$custom-light: #b3dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81184,
    "c": 0.06382,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CED5

secondary

#AB665E

accent

#3B2DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFC

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CED5

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

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