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Recognised as Colour

#90A5ED

  • #90A5ED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#90A5ED is a blue with RGB values 144, 165, 237 and HSL 226°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#90A5ED#90A5ED
HEX#90A5ED
RGBrgb(144, 165, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6471, 0.9294
RGB percentages56.5%, 64.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(226.5, 72.1%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 39.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK39.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,479,661
CSS custom property--colour: #90A5ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#6F5A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DACF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#73B3BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.8Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Light skyblue · ΔE 25.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 27.7Plum · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD890
Analogous#90D3ED, #AA90ED
Triadic#ED90A5, #A5ED90
Split complementary#EDA990, #D4ED90
Tetradic#ED90D3, #EDD890, #90EDA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8ECFB
Lighter +10%#BCC9F4
Darker −10%#6481E6
Darker −20%#385EDF
Darker −30%#2045C4
Darker −40%#193698
More saturated +25%#809CFD
Less saturated −25%#A0AEDD

Channel breakdown

R144
G165
B237
Red144 (56.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue226.45°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G A5 · B ED

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