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Recognised as Colour

#90AEB3

  • #90AEB3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#90AEB3 is a cyan with RGB values 144, 174, 179 and HSL 189°, 19%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#90AEB3#90AEB3
HEX#90AEB3
RGBrgb(144, 174, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6824, 0.702
RGB percentages56.5%, 68.2%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(188.6, 18.7%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 19.6%, 70.2%)
CMYK19.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,481,907
CSS custom property--colour: #90AEB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39456WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#6F514C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9ABB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A7B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#86B1AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.9Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3Silver · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Light slate grey · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B39590
Analogous#90B3A6, #909DB3
Triadic#B390AE, #AEB390
Split complementary#B3909D, #B3A690
Tetradic#A690B3, #B39590, #9DB390

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF0F1
Lighter +20%#CDDADC
Lighter +10%#AEC4C8
Darker −10%#72989E
Darker −20%#5A7D83
Darker −30%#456065
Darker −40%#304347
More saturated +25%#79BFCA
Less saturated −25%#A2A2A2

Channel breakdown

R144
G174
B179
Red144 (56.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)18.72%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G AE · B B3

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