#90b4ee

Color #90b4ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.36 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#90b4ee

RGB

rgb(144, 180, 238)

HSL

hsl(217, 73.4%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 39.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(72.72, 2.16, -32.78)

LCH

lch(72.72, 32.85, 273.77)

OKLCH

oklch(76.5%, 0.0926, 259.73)

HWB

hwb(217, 56.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeca90

Analogous

#90e3ee

#90b4ee

#9b90ee

Triadic

#90b4ee

#ee90b4

#b4ee90

Split-complementary

#90b4ee

#ee9b90

#e3ee90

Tetradic

#90b4ee

#ca90ee

#eeca90

#b4ee90

Square

#90b4ee

#ee90e3

#eeca90

#90ee9b

Shades

Color #90b4ee mixed toward black.

#598fe6

#226add

#194fa6

#11356e

#081a37

Tints

Color #90b4ee mixed toward white.

#a3c1f1

#b5cdf4

#c8daf6

#dae6f9

#edf3fc

Tones

Color #90b4ee mixed toward gray.

#98b6e6

#a0b8de

#a8bad6

#afbbcf

#b7bdc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1e2 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#9f9cdf · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#92d7d5 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 18.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #90b4ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90b4ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#90b4ee (#90b4ee) is rgb(144, 180, 238) in RGB.

No, #90b4ee 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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