#90b8be

Color #90b8be

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 12.36 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#90b8be

RGB

rgb(144, 184, 190)

HSL

hsl(187.8, 26.1%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.8, 24.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(72.18, -11.96, -7.43)

LCH

lch(72.18, 14.08, 211.85)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0437, 207.56)

HWB

hwb(187.8, 56.5%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be9690

Analogous

#90bead

#90b8be

#90a1be

Triadic

#90b8be

#be90b8

#b8be90

Split-complementary

#90b8be

#be90a1

#bead90

Tetradic

#90b8be

#9690be

#be9690

#b8be90

Square

#90b8be

#ad90be

#be9690

#a1be90

Shades

Color #90b8be mixed toward black.

#6da2a9

#52858c

#3e6469

#294246

#152123

Tints

Color #90b8be mixed toward white.

#a3c4c9

#b5d0d4

#c8dcde

#dae7e9

#edf3f4

Tones

Color #90b8be mixed toward gray.

#94b5ba

#98b2b6

#9cb0b3

#9fadaf

#a3aaab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3bd · ΔE 19.4

Deuteranopia

#a19dbc · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#92bbbb · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90b8be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90b8be]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#90b8be (#90b8be) is rgb(144, 184, 190) in RGB.

No, #90b8be 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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