#90c5ea

Color #90c5ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#90c5ea

RGB

rgb(144, 197, 234)

HSL

hsl(204.7, 68.2%, 74.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.7, 38.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(77.16, -8.1, -23.81)

LCH

lch(77.16, 25.15, 251.21)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.0764, 239.37)

HWB

hwb(204.7, 56.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab590

Analogous

#90eae2

#90c5ea

#9098ea

Triadic

#90c5ea

#ea90c5

#c5ea90

Split-complementary

#90c5ea

#ea9098

#eae290

Tetradic

#90c5ea

#b590ea

#eab590

#c5ea90

Square

#90c5ea

#e290ea

#eab590

#98ea90

Shades

Color #90c5ea mixed toward black.

#5ba9e0

#288dd4

#1e6a9f

#14476a

#0a2335

Tints

Color #90c5ea mixed toward white.

#a2cfed

#b5d8f1

#c7e2f4

#daecf8

#ecf5fb

Tones

Color #90c5ea mixed toward gray.

#97c4e2

#9fc2db

#a6c1d3

#aec0cc

#b5bec4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaae2 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#a6a2e0 · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#93dbd9 · ΔE 16.1

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90c5ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90c5ea]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#90c5ea (#90c5ea) is rgb(144, 197, 234) in RGB.

No, #90c5ea 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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