Recognised as Colour

#90CAE7

#90CAE7
Blue
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#90CAE7 is a blue with RGB values 144, 202, 231 and HSL 200°, 64%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#90CAE7#90CAE7

HEX#90CAE7

RGBrgb(144, 202, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.7922, 0.9059

RGB percentages56.5%, 79.2%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(200, 64.4%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 37.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK37.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,489,127

CSS custom property--colour: #90CAE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.79:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#6F3518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCC8E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBEE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#70D2D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4 Light blue · ΔE 10.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4 Powder blue · ΔE 14.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.57, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E7AD90

Analogous#90E7D9, #909EE7

Triadic#E790CA, #CAE790

Split complementary#E7909F, #E7D990

Tetradic#D890E7, #E7AD90, #9FE790

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4F2F9

Lighter +10%#BADEF0

Darker −10%#66B6DE

Darker −20%#3CA2D5

Darker −30%#2787B7

Darker −40%#1E688D

More saturated +25%#7FD0F8

Less saturated −25%#A1C4D6

Channel breakdown

R144

G202

B231

Red144 (56.5%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)64.44%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G CA · B E7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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