#90eefa

Color #90eefa

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 9.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#90eefa

RGB

rgb(144, 238, 250)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 91.4%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 42.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(88.91, -24.9, -14.54)

LCH

lch(88.91, 28.83, 210.28)

OKLCH

oklch(89.5%, 0.0908, 206.14)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 56.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fa9c90

Analogous

#90fad1

#90eefa

#90b9fa

Triadic

#90eefa

#fa90ee

#eefa90

Split-complementary

#90eefa

#fa90b9

#fad190

Tetradic

#90eefa

#9c90fa

#fa9c90

#eefa90

Square

#90eefa

#d190fa

#fa9c90

#b9fa90

Shades

Color #90eefa mixed toward black.

#51e4f7

#12dbf4

#08a8bd

#06707e

#03383f

Tints

Color #90eefa mixed toward white.

#a3f1fb

#b5f4fc

#c8f7fd

#daf9fd

#edfcfe

Tones

Color #90eefa mixed toward gray.

#99e7f1

#a2e0e8

#abdae0

#b3d3d7

#bcccce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c1f7 · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#bbb3f6 · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#97f5f4 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#dfdfdf · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90eefa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90eefa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#90eefa (#90eefa) is rgb(144, 238, 250) in RGB.

No, #90eefa 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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