#90abb9

Color #90abb9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.99 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#90abb9

RGB

rgb(144, 171, 185)

HSL

hsl(200.5, 22.7%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.5, 22.2%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(68.43, -6.15, -10.26)

LCH

lch(68.43, 11.96, 239.06)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0362, 230.5)

HWB

hwb(200.5, 56.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b99e90

Analogous

#90b9b3

#90abb9

#9096b9

Triadic

#90abb9

#b990ab

#abb990

Split-complementary

#90abb9

#b99096

#b9b390

Tetradic

#90abb9

#9e90b9

#b99e90

#abb990

Square

#90abb9

#b390b9

#b99e90

#96b990

Shades

Color #90abb9 mixed toward black.

#6e92a4

#557687

#405865

#2a3b43

#151d22

Tints

Color #90abb9 mixed toward white.

#a2b9c5

#b5c7d0

#c7d5dc

#dae3e8

#ecf1f3

Tones

Color #90abb9 mixed toward gray.

#93aab6

#97a9b2

#9aa8af

#9ea7ab

#a1a6a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9db6 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#9b99b5 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#92b3b3 · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90abb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90abb9]

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Frequently asked questions

#90abb9 (#90abb9) is rgb(144, 171, 185) in RGB.

No, #90abb9 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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