#90aad5

Color #90aad5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.54 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#90aad5

RGB

rgb(144, 170, 213)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 45.1%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 32.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(69.1, 1.16, -24.7)

LCH

lch(69.1, 24.73, 272.69)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.0691, 260.41)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 56.5%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5bb90

Analogous

#90ccd5

#90aad5

#9990d5

Triadic

#90aad5

#d590aa

#aad590

Split-complementary

#90aad5

#d59990

#ccd590

Tetradic

#90aad5

#bb90d5

#d5bb90

#aad590

Square

#90aad5

#d590cc

#d5bb90

#90d599

Shades

Color #90aad5 mixed toward black.

#6589c5

#416aad

#314f82

#213556

#101a2b

Tints

Color #90aad5 mixed toward white.

#a2b8dc

#b5c6e3

#c7d4ea

#dae3f1

#ecf1f8

Tones

Color #90aad5 mixed toward gray.

#96abcf

#9badca

#a1aec4

#a7b0be

#adb1b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9ccc · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#9a98c9 · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#91c4c2 · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90aad5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90aad5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#90aad5 (#90aad5) is rgb(144, 170, 213) in RGB.

No, #90aad5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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