Colour

#90ACDB

#90ACDB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#90ACDB is a blue with RGB values 144, 172, 219 and HSL 218°, 51%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#90ACDB#90ACDB

HEX#90ACDB

RGBrgb(144, 172, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6745, 0.8588

RGB percentages56.5%, 67.5%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(217.6, 51%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.6, 34.2%, 85.9%)

CMYK34.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,481,435

CSS custom property--colour: #90ACDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#6F5324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CAFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#94A8DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#79B6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9 Steel blue · ΔE 19.1 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Thistle · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DBBF90

Analogous#90D1DB, #9A90DB

Triadic#DB90AC, #ACDB90

Split complementary#DB9A90, #D1DB90

Tetradic#DB90D1, #DBBF90, #90DB9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DDE6F4

Lighter +10%#B7C9E7

Darker −10%#698FCF

Darker −20%#4372C2

Darker −30%#335B9F

Darker −40%#274578

More saturated +25%#7EA7ED

Less saturated −25%#A2B1C9

Channel breakdown

R144

G172

B219

Red144 (56.5%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue217.6°

Saturation (HSL)51.02%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G AC · B DB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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