#90b1ea

Color #90b1ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.14 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#90b1ea

RGB

rgb(144, 177, 234)

HSL

hsl(218, 68.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 38.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(71.77, 2.75, -32.09)

LCH

lch(71.77, 32.21, 274.9)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0902, 261.13)

HWB

hwb(218, 56.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac990

Analogous

#90deea

#90b1ea

#9c90ea

Triadic

#90b1ea

#ea90b1

#b1ea90

Split-complementary

#90b1ea

#ea9c90

#deea90

Tetradic

#90b1ea

#c990ea

#eac990

#b1ea90

Square

#90b1ea

#ea90de

#eac990

#90ea9c

Shades

Color #90b1ea mixed toward black.

#5b8ce0

#2867d4

#1e4d9f

#14346a

#0a1a35

Tints

Color #90b1ea mixed toward white.

#a2beed

#b5cbf1

#c7d8f4

#dae5f8

#ecf2fb

Tones

Color #90b1ea mixed toward gray.

#97b3e2

#9fb5db

#a6b7d3

#aeb9cc

#b5bbc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0de · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#9d9bdb · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#92d4d1 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90b1ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90b1ea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#90b1ea (#90b1ea) is rgb(144, 177, 234) in RGB.

No, #90b1ea 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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