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Recognised as Colour

#90EDE5

  • #90EDE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#90EDE5 is a cyan with RGB values 144, 237, 229 and HSL 175°, 72%, 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

#90EDE5#90EDE5
HEX#90EDE5
RGBrgb(144, 237, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.9294, 0.898
RGB percentages56.5%, 92.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(174.8, 72.1%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 39.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK39.2%, 0%, 3.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,498,085
CSS custom property--colour: #90EDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72155WCAG 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 15.43:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#6F121A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D8E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6AF1EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Powder blue · ΔE 15.8Turquoise · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9098
Analogous#90EDB7, #90C6ED
Triadic#E590ED, #EDE590
Split complementary#ED90C6, #EDB790
Tetradic#B790ED, #ED9098, #C6ED90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8FBFA
Lighter +10%#BCF4EF
Darker −10%#64E6DB
Darker −20%#38DFD0
Darker −30%#20C4B6
Darker −40%#19988D
More saturated +25%#80FDF2
Less saturated −25%#A0DDD8

Channel breakdown

R144
G237
B229
Red144 (56.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue174.84°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 90 · G ED · B E5

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