Recognised as Colour

#90DAEC

#90DAEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#90DAEC is a cyan with RGB values 144, 218, 236 and HSL 192°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#90DAEC#90DAEC

HEX#90DAEC

RGBrgb(144, 218, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.8549, 0.9255

RGB percentages56.5%, 85.5%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(191.7, 70.8%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 39%, 92.5%)

CMYK39%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,493,228

CSS custom property--colour: #90DAEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.43:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#6F2513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDD5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BECAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Tritanopia#6BE1DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.4 Light blue · ΔE 8.9 Powder blue · ΔE 9.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECA290

Analogous#90ECD0, #90ACEC

Triadic#EC90DA, #DAEC90

Split complementary#EC90AC, #ECD090

Tetradic#D090EC, #ECA290, #ACEC90

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7F7FB

Lighter +10%#BCE9F3

Darker −10%#64CBE5

Darker −20%#39BDDD

Darker −30%#21A2C2

Darker −40%#1A7E96

More saturated +25%#80E4FC

Less saturated −25%#A0D0DC

Channel breakdown

R144

G218

B236

Red144 (56.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue191.74°

Saturation (HSL)70.77%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G DA · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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