Colour

#90B8BC

#90B8BC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light blue

#90B8BC is a cyan with RGB values 144, 184, 188 and HSL 185°, 25%, 65%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#90B8BC#90B8BC

HEX#90B8BC

RGBrgb(144, 184, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7216, 0.7373

RGB percentages56.5%, 72.2%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(185.5, 24.7%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 23.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK23.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,484,476

CSS custom property--colour: #90B8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1

Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#6F4743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2B4BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAAEBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Tritanopia#82BBB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 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 text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 12.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2 Powder blue · ΔE 14.2 Dark grey · ΔE 14.3 Silver · ΔE 15 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BC9490

Analogous#90BCAA, #90A2BC

Triadic#BC90B8, #B8BC90

Split complementary#BC90A2, #BCAA90

Tetradic#AA90BC, #BC9490, #A2BC90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFF5F6

Lighter +20%#D0E1E2

Lighter +10%#B0CCCF

Darker −10%#70A4A9

Darker −20%#578A8F

Darker −30%#436C70

Darker −40%#304D50

More saturated +25%#7ACAD2

Less saturated −25%#A6A6A6

Channel breakdown

R144

G184

B188

Red144 (56.5%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue185.45°

Saturation (HSL)24.72%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G B8 · B BC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#90B8BC

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else