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Recognised as Colour

#90B0FD

  • #90B0FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#90B0FD is a blue with RGB values 144, 176, 253 and HSL 222°, 96%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#90B0FD#90B0FD
HEX#90B0FD
RGBrgb(144, 176, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.6902, 0.9922
RGB percentages56.5%, 69%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.4, 96.5%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 43.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK43.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,482,493
CSS custom property--colour: #90B0FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#6F4F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94B7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AADFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#69C0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.9Light skyblue · ΔE 24.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.2Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDD90
Analogous#90E7FD, #A690FD
Triadic#FD90B0, #B0FD90
Split complementary#FDA690, #E7FD90
Tetradic#FD90E7, #FDDD90, #90FDA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F7FF
Lighter +10%#C2D4FE
Darker −10%#5E8CFC
Darker −20%#2C69FB
Darker −30%#0449F0
Darker −40%#033ABE
More saturated +25%#8EAFFF
Less saturated −25%#9EB6EF

Channel breakdown

R144
G176
B253
Red144 (56.5%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.39°
Saturation (HSL)96.46%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G B0 · B FD

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