#90CEFF#90CEFF

#90CEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.094 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#90CEFF
RGB	rgb(144, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -7.33, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 31.06, 256.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0426 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.094 243)
XYZ	xyz(51.6168, 57.2885, 102.9262)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#90CEFF #FFC190

analogous

#90FFF8 #90CEFF #9096FF

triadic

#90CEFF #FF90CE #CEFF90

tetradic

#90CEFF #F890FF #FFC190 #96FF90

square

#90CEFF #F890FF #FFC190 #96FF90

split-complementary

#90CEFF #FF9096 #FFF890

monochromatic

#1698FF #53B3FF #90CEFF #CDE9FF #E0F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#90CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#90CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #90CEFF

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##90CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##90CEFF	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC2FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63DADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #90ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.094 243.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#90ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.486,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82728,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.57292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#90CEFF

secondary

#E19153

accent

#6500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111518

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #90CEFF

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

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