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#90A4FA

#90a4fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#90a4fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.4% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 228.68°, with 91.38% saturation and 77.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.92.

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Relative luminance0.3938

Complementary

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #fae690

Split complementary

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #fab190
  3. #d9fa90

Analogous

  1. #90d9fa
  2. #90a4fa
  3. #b190fa

Triadic

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #fa90a4
  3. #a4fa90

Tetradic

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #e690fa
  3. #fae690
  4. #a4fa90

Square

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #fa90d9
  3. #fae690
  4. #90fab1

Monochromatic

  1. #0a34e7
  2. #4768f7
  3. #90a4fa
  4. #d9e0fd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#90a4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #8294e1
  3. #7383c8
  4. #6573af
  5. #566296
  6. #48527d
  7. #3a4264
  8. #2b314b
  9. #1d2132
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#90a4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #9badfb
  3. #a6b6fb
  4. #b1bffc
  5. #bcc8fc
  6. #c8d2fd
  7. #d3dbfd
  8. #dee4fe
  9. #e9edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#90a4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #90a4fa
  2. #8ea0ee
  3. #8d9de2
  4. #8b99d5
  5. #8a96c9
  6. #8892bd
  7. #868eb1
  8. #858ba5
  9. #838798
  10. #82848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa7ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86adfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da4f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6cb5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aaafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7cafdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-90a4fa {
  color: #90a4fa;
}
Background
.bg-90a4fa {
  background-color: #90a4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-90a4fa {
  border: 2px solid #90a4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #90a4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 91% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-90a4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #90a4fa, #b190fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-90a4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.15 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.64 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.94 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 13.28 #6f5b05 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#90a4fa  rgb(144, 164, 250)  hsl(229, 91%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae690  rgb(250, 230, 144)  hsl(49, 91%, 77%)  Buff
#fa90a4  rgb(250, 144, 164)  hsl(349, 91%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a4fa90  rgb(164, 250, 144)  hsl(109, 91%, 77%)  Pale Green