#90b9fa

Color #90b9fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#90b9fa

RGB

rgb(144, 185, 250)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 91.4%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 42.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 26%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(74.53, 2.65, -36.48)

LCH

lch(74.53, 36.58, 274.15)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.1035, 259.42)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 56.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fad190

Analogous

#90eefa

#90b9fa

#9c90fa

Triadic

#90b9fa

#fa90b9

#b9fa90

Split-complementary

#90b9fa

#fa9c90

#eefa90

Tetradic

#90b9fa

#d190fa

#fad190

#b9fa90

Square

#90b9fa

#fa90ee

#fad190

#90fa9c

Shades

Color #90b9fa mixed toward black.

#5191f7

#126af4

#084ebd

#06347e

#031a3f

Tints

Color #90b9fa mixed toward white.

#a3c5fb

#b5d0fc

#c8dcfd

#dae8fd

#edf3fe

Tones

Color #90b9fa mixed toward gray.

#99bbf1

#a2bde8

#abbfe0

#b3c1d7

#bcc3ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4ec · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#a19ee9 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#92e1de · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90b9fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90b9fa]

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

#90b9fa (#90b9fa) is rgb(144, 185, 250) in RGB.

No, #90b9fa 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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