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Recognised as Colour

#90B6EA

  • #90B6EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#90B6EA is a blue with RGB values 144, 182, 234 and HSL 215°, 68%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#90B6EA#90B6EA
HEX#90B6EA
RGBrgb(144, 182, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7137, 0.9176
RGB percentages56.5%, 71.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(214.7, 68.2%, 74.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.7, 38.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK38.5%, 22.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,484,010
CSS custom property--colour: #90B6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.07:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#6F4915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B8ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#99B0E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#72C1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 21.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6Light blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC490
Analogous#90E3EA, #9790EA
Triadic#EA90B6, #B6EA90
Split complementary#EA9790, #E3EA90
Tetradic#EA90E3, #EAC490, #90EA97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EEFA
Lighter +10%#BBD2F2
Darker −10%#659AE2
Darker −20%#3A7EDA
Darker −30%#2465BD
Darker −40%#1C4E92
More saturated +25%#80B3FB
Less saturated −25%#A1B9DA

Channel breakdown

R144
G182
B234
Red144 (56.5%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue214.67°
Saturation (HSL)68.18%
Lightness74.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G B6 · B EA

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