#90aed5

Color #90aed5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 11.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#90aed5

RGB

rgb(144, 174, 213)

HSL

hsl(213.9, 45.1%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.9, 32.4%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(70.18, -1.05, -23.05)

LCH

lch(70.18, 23.07, 267.39)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0657, 255.18)

HWB

hwb(213.9, 56.5%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d5b790

Analogous

#90d1d5

#90aed5

#9490d5

Triadic

#90aed5

#d590ae

#aed590

Split-complementary

#90aed5

#d59490

#d1d590

Tetradic

#90aed5

#b790d5

#d5b790

#aed590

Square

#90aed5

#d590d1

#d5b790

#90d594

Shades

Color #90aed5 mixed toward black.

#658fc5

#4170ad

#315482

#213856

#101c2b

Tints

Color #90aed5 mixed toward white.

#a2bcdc

#b5c9e3

#c7d7ea

#dae4f1

#ecf2f8

Tones

Color #90aed5 mixed toward gray.

#96afcf

#9bb0ca

#a1b0c4

#a7b1be

#adb2b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ecc · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#9c9aca · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#92c5c4 · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 15.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #90aed5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90aed5]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#90aed5 (#90aed5) is rgb(144, 174, 213) in RGB.

No, #90aed5 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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