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Recognised as Colour

#90CACB

  • #90CACB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#90CACB is a cyan with RGB values 144, 202, 203 and HSL 181°, 36%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#90CACB#90CACB
HEX#90CACB
RGBrgb(144, 202, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7922, 0.7961
RGB percentages56.5%, 79.2%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(181, 36.2%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 29.1%, 79.6%)
CMYK29.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,489,099
CSS custom property--colour: #90CACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#6F3534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BCCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7BCECAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6Sky blue · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB9190
Analogous#90CBAE, #90ADCB
Triadic#CB90CA, #CACB90
Split complementary#CB90AD, #CBAE90
Tetradic#AE90CB, #CB9190, #ADCB90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FCFC
Lighter +20%#D5EBEC
Lighter +10%#B3DBDB
Darker −10%#6DB9BB
Darker −20%#4EA5A7
Darker −30%#3E8384
Darker −40%#2E6161
More saturated +25%#7CDEDF
Less saturated −25%#A4B6B7

Channel breakdown

R144
G202
B203
Red144 (56.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue181.02°
Saturation (HSL)36.2%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G CA · B CB

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