#91CEEB#91CEEB

#91CEEB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.074 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#91CEEB
RGB	rgb(145, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -12.31, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 23.89, 238.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0487 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.074 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7387, 56.1576, 86.8524)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#91CEEB #EBAE91

analogous

#91EBDB #91CEEB #91A1EB

triadic

#91CEEB #EB91CE #CEEB91

tetradic

#91CEEB #DB91EB #EBAE91 #A1EB91

square

#91CEEB #DB91EB #EBAE91 #A1EB91

split-complementary

#91CEEB #EB91A1 #EBDB91

monochromatic

#29A0D8 #5DB7E2 #91CEEB #C5E5F4 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#91CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#91CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #91CEEB

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##91CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##91CEEB	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FD6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #91ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.074 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4ddf1',
    500: '#91ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #91ceeb;
$custom-light: #b4ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#91ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#91CEEB

secondary

#C67D5A

accent

#5114D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #91CEEB

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

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