Colour

#90ACED

#90ACED
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#90ACED is a blue with RGB values 144, 172, 237 and HSL 222°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#90ACED#90ACED

HEX#90ACED

RGBrgb(144, 172, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6745, 0.9294

RGB percentages56.5%, 67.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(221.9, 72.1%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.9, 39.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK39.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,481,453

CSS custom property--colour: #90ACED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1

Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#6F5312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96B1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8DA9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#72B9C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.7 Steel blue · ΔE 21.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 23.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.1 Sky blue · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDD190

Analogous#90DAED, #A390ED

Triadic#ED90AC, #ACED90

Split complementary#EDA390, #DBED90

Tetradic#ED90DA, #EDD190, #90EDA3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E8EEFB

Lighter +10%#BCCDF4

Darker −10%#648BE6

Darker −20%#386ADF

Darker −30%#2051C4

Darker −40%#193F98

More saturated +25%#80A6FD

Less saturated −25%#A0B2DD

Channel breakdown

R144

G172

B237

Red144 (56.5%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue221.94°

Saturation (HSL)72.09%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G AC · B ED

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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