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Recognised as Colour

#90C8FE

  • #90C8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#90C8FE is a blue with RGB values 144, 200, 254 and HSL 209°, 98%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#90C8FE#90C8FE
HEX#90C8FE
RGBrgb(144, 200, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7843, 0.9961
RGB percentages56.5%, 78.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(209.5, 98.2%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.5, 43.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK43.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,488,638
CSS custom property--colour: #90C8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#6F3701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#64D5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEC690
Analogous#90FEFD, #9091FE
Triadic#FE90C8, #C8FE90
Split complementary#FE9091, #FEFD90
Tetradic#FD90FE, #FEC690, #91FE90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FAFF
Lighter +10%#C3E1FE
Darker −10%#5DAFFE
Darker −20%#2B96FD
Darker −30%#027DF3
Darker −40%#0263C0
More saturated +25%#8FC8FF
Less saturated −25%#9EC8F0

Channel breakdown

R144
G200
B254
Red144 (56.5%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue209.45°
Saturation (HSL)98.21%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G C8 · B FE

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