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Recognised as Colour

#90AFFE

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

#90AFFE is a blue with RGB values 144, 175, 254 and HSL 223°, 98%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#90AFFE#90AFFE
HEX#90AFFE
RGBrgb(144, 175, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6863, 0.9961
RGB percentages56.5%, 68.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(223.1, 98.2%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.1, 43.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK43.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,482,238
CSS custom property--colour: #90AFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#6F5001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#88ACFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#69BFCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.5Light skyblue · ΔE 25.7Steel blue · ΔE 25.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 27Light steelblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDF90
Analogous#90E6FE, #A890FE
Triadic#FE90AF, #AFFE90
Split complementary#FEA890, #E6FE90
Tetradic#FE90E6, #FEDF90, #90FEA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F8FF
Lighter +10%#C3D3FE
Darker −10%#5D8BFE
Darker −20%#2B66FD
Darker −30%#0246F3
Darker −40%#0237C0
More saturated +25%#8FAFFF
Less saturated −25%#9EB5F0

Channel breakdown

R144
G175
B254
Red144 (56.5%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue223.09°
Saturation (HSL)98.21%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G AF · B FE

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