#90CEFA#90CEFA

#90CEFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.089 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CEFA
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 91%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -8.67, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 29.11, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0442 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.089 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8223, 56.9707, 98.7424)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#90CEFA #FABC90

analogous

#90FAF1 #90CEFA #9099FA

triadic

#90CEFA #FA90CE #CEFA90

tetradic

#90CEFA #F190FA #FABC90 #99FA90

square

#90CEFA #F190FA #FABC90 #99FA90

split-complementary

#90CEFA #FA9099 #FAF190

monochromatic

#1B9AF5 #55B4F7 #90CEFA #CBE8FD #E2F2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#90CEFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#90CEFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CEFA

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CEFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CEFA	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCDFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC2F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cefa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.089 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5dcfc',
    500: '#90cefa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cefa;
$custom-light: #b5dcfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cefa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.906,
    "s": 91.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82528,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CEFA

secondary

#DA8C55

accent

#5F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CEFA

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

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