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Recognised as Colour

#90CDCF

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

#90CDCF is a cyan with RGB values 144, 205, 207 and HSL 182°, 40%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#90CDCF#90CDCF
HEX#90CDCF
RGBrgb(144, 205, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.8039, 0.8118
RGB percentages56.5%, 80.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(181.9, 39.6%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.9, 30.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK30.4%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,489,871
CSS custom property--colour: #90CDCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#6F3230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BFD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#79D1CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 10.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF9290
Analogous#90CFB2, #90ADCF
Triadic#CF90CD, #CDCF90
Split complementary#CF90AD, #CFB290
Tetradic#B290CF, #CF9290, #ADCF90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFDFD
Lighter +20%#D7EDEE
Lighter +10%#B4DDDE
Darker −10%#6CBDC0
Darker −20%#4BABAE
Darker −30%#3C888A
Darker −40%#2C6567
More saturated +25%#7CE0E3
Less saturated −25%#A4BABB

Channel breakdown

R144
G205
B207
Red144 (56.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue181.9°
Saturation (HSL)39.62%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G CD · B CF

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