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#90A6DE

#90a6de ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#90a6de is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 65.1% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.14% cyan, 25.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 223.08°, with 54.17% saturation and 71.76% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3848

Complementary

  1. #90a6de
  2. #dec890

Split complementary

  1. #90a6de
  2. #dea190
  3. #cdde90

Analogous

  1. #90cdde
  2. #90a6de
  3. #a190de

Triadic

  1. #90a6de
  2. #de90a6
  3. #a6de90

Tetradic

  1. #90a6de
  2. #c890de
  3. #dec890
  4. #a6de90

Square

  1. #90a6de
  2. #de90cd
  3. #dec890
  4. #90dea1

Monochromatic

  1. #3151a4
  2. #5577cc
  3. #90a6de
  4. #cbd5f0
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#90a6de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #90a6de
  2. #8295c8
  3. #7385b2
  4. #65749b
  5. #566485
  6. #48536f
  7. #3a4259
  8. #2b3243
  9. #1d212c
  10. #0e1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#90a6de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #90a6de
  2. #9bafe1
  3. #a6b8e5
  4. #b1c1e8
  5. #bccaeb
  6. #c8d3ef
  7. #d3dbf2
  8. #dee4f5
  9. #e9edf8
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#90a6de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #90a6de
  2. #8ea2d5
  3. #8d9ecb
  4. #8b9bc2
  5. #8a97b8
  6. #8893af
  7. #868fa6
  8. #858b9c
  9. #838893
  10. #828489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea6bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94aae0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca4dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79b1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ea5dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83adc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-90a6de {
  color: #90a6de;
}
Background
.bg-90a6de {
  background-color: #90a6de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-90a6de {
  border: 2px solid #90a6de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #90a6de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 166 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 54% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-90a6de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #90a6de, #a190de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-90a6de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 166 222 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.44 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.77 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.14 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.71 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.87 #6f5921 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#90a6de  rgb(144, 166, 222)  hsl(223, 54%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dec890  rgb(222, 200, 144)  hsl(43, 54%, 72%)  Ecru
#de90a6  rgb(222, 144, 166)  hsl(343, 54%, 72%)  Puce
#a6de90  rgb(166, 222, 144)  hsl(103, 54%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple