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#90ACEE

#90acee ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#90acee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 67.45% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.5% cyan, 27.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 222.13°, with 73.44% saturation and 74.9% 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 9.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.84.

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Relative luminance0.4161

Complementary

  1. #90acee
  2. #eed290

Split complementary

  1. #90acee
  2. #eea390
  3. #dbee90

Analogous

  1. #90dbee
  2. #90acee
  3. #a390ee

Triadic

  1. #90acee
  2. #ee90ac
  3. #acee90

Tetradic

  1. #90acee
  2. #d290ee
  3. #eed290
  4. #acee90

Square

  1. #90acee
  2. #ee90db
  3. #eed290
  4. #90eea3

Monochromatic

  1. #1e50c7
  2. #4e7ae4
  3. #90acee
  4. #d2def8
  5. #edf2fc

Shades

#90acee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #90acee
  2. #829bd6
  3. #738abe
  4. #6578a7
  5. #56678f
  6. #485677
  7. #3a455f
  8. #2b3447
  9. #1d2230
  10. #0e1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#90acee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #90acee
  2. #9bb4f0
  3. #a6bdf1
  4. #b1c5f3
  5. #bccdf5
  6. #c8d6f7
  7. #d3def8
  8. #dee6fa
  9. #e9eefc
  10. #f4f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#90acee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #90acee
  2. #8ea8e3
  3. #8da3d8
  4. #8b9fcd
  5. #8a9ac2
  6. #8896b7
  7. #8692ac
  8. #858da1
  9. #838996
  10. #82848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2acca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b1f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca9ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71bac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93aff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eaaed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7fb4d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-90acee {
  color: #90acee;
}
Background
.bg-90acee {
  background-color: #90acee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-90acee {
  border: 2px solid #90acee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #90acee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 172 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 73% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-90acee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #90acee, #a390ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-90acee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 172 238 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.90 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.43 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.48 #6f5311 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#90acee  rgb(144, 172, 238)  hsl(222, 73%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#eed290  rgb(238, 210, 144)  hsl(42, 73%, 75%)  Buff
#ee90ac  rgb(238, 144, 172)  hsl(342, 73%, 75%)  Flamingo Pink
#acee90  rgb(172, 238, 144)  hsl(102, 73%, 75%)  Light Green