#90b8dc

Color #90b8dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.55 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#90b8dc

RGB

rgb(144, 184, 220)

HSL

hsl(208.4, 52.1%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.4, 34.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(73.14, -4.73, -22.36)

LCH

lch(73.14, 22.85, 258.06)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0674, 246.02)

HWB

hwb(208.4, 56.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcb490

Analogous

#90dcda

#90b8dc

#9092dc

Triadic

#90b8dc

#dc90b8

#b8dc90

Split-complementary

#90b8dc

#dc9092

#dcda90

Tetradic

#90b8dc

#b490dc

#dcb490

#b8dc90

Square

#90b8dc

#da90dc

#dcb490

#92dc90

Shades

Color #90b8dc mixed toward black.

#629bce

#3a7db9

#2c5e8a

#1d3e5c

#0f1f2e

Tints

Color #90b8dc mixed toward white.

#a3c4e2

#b5d0e8

#c8dcee

#dae7f3

#edf3f9

Tones

Color #90b8dc mixed toward gray.

#96b8d6

#9db7cf

#a3b7c9

#a9b7c3

#b0b6bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3d4 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#a19dd2 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#92cdcc · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90b8dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90b8dc]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#90b8dc (#90b8dc) is rgb(144, 184, 220) in RGB.

No, #90b8dc 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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