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Recognised as Colour

#90C8EB

  • #90C8EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#90C8EB is a blue with RGB values 144, 200, 235 and HSL 203°, 69%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#90C8EB#90C8EB
HEX#90C8EB
RGBrgb(144, 200, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7843, 0.9216
RGB percentages56.5%, 78.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(203.1, 69.5%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.1, 38.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK38.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,488,619
CSS custom property--colour: #90C8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.65:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#6F3714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6ED1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8Light skyblue · ΔE 5.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 13Powder blue · ΔE 17.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBB390
Analogous#90EBE1, #909AEB
Triadic#EB90C8, #C8EB90
Split complementary#EB909A, #EBE190
Tetradic#E190EB, #EBB390, #9BEB90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F3FB
Lighter +10%#BBDDF3
Darker −10%#65B3E3
Darker −20%#3A9DDB
Darker −30%#2383BF
Darker −40%#1B6694
More saturated +25%#80CCFB
Less saturated −25%#A0C4DB

Channel breakdown

R144
G200
B235
Red144 (56.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue203.08°
Saturation (HSL)69.47%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G C8 · B EB

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