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Recognised as Colour

#90ECE0

  • #90ECE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#90ECE0 is a cyan with RGB values 144, 236, 224 and HSL 172°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#90ECE0#90ECE0
HEX#90ECE0
RGBrgb(144, 236, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.9255, 0.8784
RGB percentages56.5%, 92.5%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(172.2, 70.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 39%, 92.5%)
CMYK39%, 0%, 5.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,497,824
CSS custom property--colour: #90ECE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#6F131F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D7E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6DF0E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Turquoise · ΔE 15.4Powder blue · ΔE 16.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC909C
Analogous#90ECB2, #90CAEC
Triadic#E090EC, #ECE090
Split complementary#EC90CA, #ECB290
Tetradic#B290EC, #EC909C, #CAEC90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7FBF8
Lighter +10%#BCF3EC
Darker −10%#64E5D4
Darker −20%#39DDC8
Darker −30%#21C2AD
Darker −40%#1A9686
More saturated +25%#80FCEC
Less saturated −25%#A0DCD4

Channel breakdown

R144
G236
B224
Red144 (56.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue172.17°
Saturation (HSL)70.77%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 90 · G EC · B E0

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