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Recognised as Colour

#90B3EB

  • #90B3EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#90B3EB is a blue with RGB values 144, 179, 235 and HSL 217°, 69%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#90B3EB#90B3EB
HEX#90B3EB
RGBrgb(144, 179, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.702, 0.9216
RGB percentages56.5%, 70.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(216.9, 69.5%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.9, 38.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK38.7%, 23.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,483,243
CSS custom property--colour: #90B3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.83:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#6F4C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AEEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72BFC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 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 text9.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBC890
Analogous#90E1EB, #9A90EB
Triadic#EB90B3, #B3EB90
Split complementary#EB9A90, #E1EB90
Tetradic#EB90E1, #EBC890, #90EB9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EEFB
Lighter +10%#BBD1F3
Darker −10%#6595E3
Darker −20%#3A78DB
Darker −30%#235FBF
Darker −40%#1B4994
More saturated +25%#80AFFB
Less saturated −25%#A0B7DB

Channel breakdown

R144
G179
B235
Red144 (56.5%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue216.92°
Saturation (HSL)69.47%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G B3 · B EB

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