#90CEEA#90CEEA

#90CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.074 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CEEA
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -12.82, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 23.82, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0499 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.074 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4191, 56.0094, 86.0855)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CEEA #EAAC90

analogous

#90EAD9 #90CEEA #90A1EA

triadic

#90CEEA #EA90CE #CEEA90

tetradic

#90CEEA #D990EA #EAAC90 #A1EA90

square

#90CEEA #D990EA #EAAC90 #A1EA90

split-complementary

#90CEEA #EA90A1 #EAD990

monochromatic

#29A1D7 #5DB7E0 #90CEEA #C3E5F4 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#90CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#90CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CEEA

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CEEA	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ED6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.074 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4ddf0',
    500: '#90ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90ceea;
$custom-light: #b4ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81917,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CEEA

secondary

#C57B5A

accent

#4F15D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CEEA

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

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