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Recognised as Colour

#90BECC

  • #90BECC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#90BECC is a cyan with RGB values 144, 190, 204 and HSL 194°, 37%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#90BECC#90BECC
HEX#90BECC
RGBrgb(144, 190, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7451, 0.8
RGB percentages56.5%, 74.5%, 80%
HSLhsl(194, 37%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 29.4%, 80%)
CMYK29.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,486,028
CSS custom property--colour: #90BECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#6F4133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BBCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB3CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7CC3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Powder blue · ΔE 12.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.9Silver · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC9E90
Analogous#90CCBC, #90A0CC
Triadic#CC90BE, #BECC90
Split complementary#CC90A0, #CCBC90
Tetradic#BC90CC, #CC9E90, #A0CC90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9FBFC
Lighter +20%#D6E7EC
Lighter +10%#B3D2DC
Darker −10%#6DAABC
Darker −20%#4D93A9
Darker −30%#3D7586
Darker −40%#2D5663
More saturated +25%#7CC9E0
Less saturated −25%#A4B3B8

Channel breakdown

R144
G190
B204
Red144 (56.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue194°
Saturation (HSL)37.04%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G BE · B CC

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