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Recognised as Colour

#90ECEA

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

#90ECEA is a cyan with RGB values 144, 236, 234 and HSL 179°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#90ECEA#90ECEA
HEX#90ECEA
RGBrgb(144, 236, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.9255, 0.9176
RGB percentages56.5%, 92.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(178.7, 70.8%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 39%, 92.5%)
CMYK39%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,497,834
CSS custom property--colour: #90ECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.37:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#6F1315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#68F1EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 17.8Turquoise · ΔE 17.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9092
Analogous#90ECBC, #90C0EC
Triadic#EA90EC, #ECEA90
Split complementary#EC90C0, #ECBC90
Tetradic#BC90EC, #EC9092, #C0EC90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7FBFA
Lighter +10%#BCF3F2
Darker −10%#64E5E2
Darker −20%#39DDDA
Darker −30%#21C2BE
Darker −40%#1A9694
More saturated +25%#80FCFA
Less saturated −25%#A0DCDA

Channel breakdown

R144
G236
B234
Red144 (56.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue178.7°
Saturation (HSL)70.77%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 90 · G EC · B EA

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