#90CEEB#90CEEB

#90CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.075 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CEEB
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(199, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -12.57, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 24.10, 238.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0495 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.075 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5632, 56.0671, 86.8442)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CEEB #EBAD90

analogous

#90EBDB #90CEEB #90A1EB

triadic

#90CEEB #EB90CE #CEEB90

tetradic

#90CEEB #DB90EB #EBAD90 #A1EB90

square

#90CEEB #DB90EB #EBAD90 #A1EB90

split-complementary

#90CEEB #EB90A1 #EBDB90

monochromatic

#28A0D8 #5CB7E2 #90CEEB #C4E5F4 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#90CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#90CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CEEB

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CEEB	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.075 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4ddf1',
    500: '#90ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90ceeb;
$custom-light: #b4ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.121,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81954,
    "c": 0.07521,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CEEB

secondary

#C67C59

accent

#5014D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CEEB

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

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