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Recognised as Colour

#90EFFF

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

#90EFFF is a cyan with RGB values 144, 239, 255 and HSL 189°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#90EFFF#90EFFF
HEX#90EFFF
RGBrgb(144, 239, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.9373, 1
RGB percentages56.5%, 93.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.6, 100%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 43.5%, 100%)
CMYK43.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,498,623
CSS custom property--colour: #90EFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#6F1000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#5BF7F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFA090
Analogous#90FFD7, #90B8FF
Triadic#FF90EF, #EFFF90
Split complementary#FF90B7, #FFD890
Tetradic#D890FF, #FFA090, #B8FF90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FEFF
Lighter +10%#C3F6FF
Darker −10%#5DE8FF
Darker −20%#2AE0FF
Darker −30%#00D3F6
Darker −40%#00A7C3
More saturated +25%#90EFFF
Less saturated −25%#9EE5F1

Channel breakdown

R144
G239
B255
Red144 (56.5%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.65°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G EF · B FF

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