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Recognised as Colour

#90C6E3

  • #90C6E3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#90C6E3 is a blue with RGB values 144, 198, 227 and HSL 201°, 60%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#90C6E3#90C6E3
HEX#90C6E3
RGBrgb(144, 198, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7765, 0.8902
RGB percentages56.5%, 77.6%, 89%
HSLhsl(201, 59.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 36.6%, 89%)
CMYK36.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,488,099
CSS custom property--colour: #90C6E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.37:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#6F391C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBBE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72CECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5Light skyblue · ΔE 8.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3AD90
Analogous#90E3D6, #909CE3
Triadic#E390C6, #C6E390
Split complementary#E3909C, #E3D690
Tetradic#D690E3, #E3AD90, #9CE390

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1F0F8
Lighter +10%#B9DBED
Darker −10%#67B1D9
Darker −20%#3F9CCE
Darker −30%#2C81AE
Darker −40%#226385
More saturated +25%#7FCBF4
Less saturated −25%#A1C1D2

Channel breakdown

R144
G198
B227
Red144 (56.5%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue200.96°
Saturation (HSL)59.71%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G C6 · B E3

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