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Recognised as Colour

#90EFEF

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

#90EFEF is a cyan with RGB values 144, 239, 239 and HSL 180°, 75%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#90EFEF#90EFEF
HEX#90EFEF
RGBrgb(144, 239, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.9373, 0.9373
RGB percentages56.5%, 93.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(180, 74.8%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 39.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK39.7%, 0%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,498,607
CSS custom property--colour: #90EFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.78:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#6F1010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DAF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#65F5EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Light blue · ΔE 18.1Turquoise · ΔE 18.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9090
Analogous#90EFC0, #90C0EF
Triadic#EF90EF, #EFEF90
Split complementary#EF90C0, #EFC090
Tetradic#C090EF, #EF9090, #C0EF90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9FCFC
Lighter +10%#BDF5F5
Darker −10%#63E9E9
Darker −20%#37E2E2
Darker −30%#1DC9C9
Darker −40%#179C9C
More saturated +25%#80FFFF
Less saturated −25%#A0DFDF

Channel breakdown

R144
G239
B239
Red144 (56.5%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)74.8%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 90 · G EF · B EF

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