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Recognised as Colour

#90FAFF

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

#90FAFF is a cyan with RGB values 144, 250, 255 and HSL 183°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#90FAFF#90FAFF
HEX#90FAFF
RGBrgb(144, 250, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.9804, 1
RGB percentages56.5%, 98%, 100%
HSLhsl(182.7, 100%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 43.5%, 100%)
CMYK43.5%, 2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,501,439
CSS custom property--colour: #90FAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.3:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#6F0500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDF1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#58FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.5Powder blue · ΔE 17Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Aqua · ΔE 18.8Cyan · ΔE 18.8Turquoise · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9590
Analogous#90FFCD, #90C3FF
Triadic#FF90FA, #FAFF90
Split complementary#FF90C3, #FFCD90
Tetradic#CD90FF, #FF9590, #C3FF90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FFFF
Lighter +10%#C3FCFF
Darker −10%#5DF8FF
Darker −20%#2AF5FF
Darker −30%#00EBF6
Darker −40%#00BAC3
More saturated +25%#90FAFF
Less saturated −25%#9EEDF1

Channel breakdown

R144
G250
B255
Red144 (56.5%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue182.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G FA · B FF

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