#90CEFE#90CEFE

#90CEFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.093 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CEFE
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 254)
HSL	hsl(206, 98%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -7.60, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 30.66, 255.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0429 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.093 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4562, 57.2243, 102.0807)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CEFE #FEC090

analogous

#90FEF7 #90CEFE #9097FE

triadic

#90CEFE #FE90CE #CEFE90

tetradic

#90CEFE #F790FE #FEC090 #97FE90

square

#90CEFE #F790FE #FEC090 #97FE90

split-complementary

#90CEFE #FE9097 #FEF790

monochromatic

#1798FD #53B3FD #90CEFE #CDE9FF #E1F2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#90CEFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#90CEFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CEFE

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CEFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CEFE	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90cefe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.093 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5dcff',
    500: '#90cefe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #90cefe;
$custom-light: #b5dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90cefe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 98.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82688,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CEFE

secondary

#DF9053

accent

#6400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CEFE

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

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