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#90A6FA

#90a6fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#90a6fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.4% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 227.55°, 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.95.

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Relative luminance0.401

Complementary

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #fae490

Split complementary

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #faaf90
  3. #dbfa90

Analogous

  1. #90dbfa
  2. #90a6fa
  3. #af90fa

Triadic

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #fa90a6
  3. #a6fa90

Tetradic

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #e490fa
  3. #fae490
  4. #a6fa90

Square

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #fa90db
  3. #fae490
  4. #90faaf

Monochromatic

  1. #0a38e7
  2. #476bf7
  3. #90a6fa
  4. #d9e1fd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#90a6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #8295e1
  3. #7385c8
  4. #6574af
  5. #566496
  6. #48537d
  7. #3a4264
  8. #2b324b
  9. #1d2132
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#90a6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #9baffb
  3. #a6b8fb
  4. #b1c1fc
  5. #bccafc
  6. #c8d3fd
  7. #d3dbfd
  8. #dee4fe
  9. #e9edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#90a6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #90a6fa
  2. #8ea2ee
  3. #8d9ee2
  4. #8b9bd5
  5. #8a97c9
  6. #8893bd
  7. #868fb1
  8. #858ba5
  9. #838898
  10. #82848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0a8cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88affd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa6f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6cb7c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cabfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a6f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7cb1dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-90a6fa {
  color: #90a6fa;
}
Background
.bg-90a6fa {
  background-color: #90a6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-90a6fa {
  border: 2px solid #90a6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #90a6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 166 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 91% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-90a6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #90a6fa, #af90fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-90a6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 166 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.92 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.65 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 13.19 #6f5905 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#90a6fa  rgb(144, 166, 250)  hsl(228, 91%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae490  rgb(250, 228, 144)  hsl(48, 91%, 77%)  Buff
#fa90a6  rgb(250, 144, 166)  hsl(348, 91%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a6fa90  rgb(166, 250, 144)  hsl(108, 91%, 77%)  Pale Green