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#90C0CB

#90c0cb ≈ Light Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#90c0cb is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 75.29% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.06% cyan, 5.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 191.19°, with 36.2% saturation and 68.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 6.63.

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Relative luminance0.4794

Complementary

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #cb9b90

Split complementary

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #cb90a2
  3. #cbb990

Analogous

  1. #90cbb9
  2. #90c0cb
  3. #90a2cb

Triadic

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #cb90c0
  3. #c0cb90

Tetradic

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #9b90cb
  3. #cb9b90
  4. #c0cb90

Square

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #b990cb
  3. #cb9b90
  4. #a2cb90

Monochromatic

  1. #3e7784
  2. #5ca2b3
  3. #90c0cb
  4. #c4dee3
  5. #f1f7f8

Shades

#90c0cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #82adb7
  3. #739aa2
  4. #65868e
  5. #56737a
  6. #486066
  7. #3a4d51
  8. #2b3a3d
  9. #1d2629
  10. #0e1314
  11. #000000

Tints

#90c0cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #9bc6d0
  3. #a6cdd5
  4. #b1d3db
  5. #bcd9e0
  6. #c8e0e5
  7. #d3e6ea
  8. #deecef
  9. #e9f2f5
  10. #f4f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#90c0cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #90c0cb
  2. #8ebac4
  3. #8db3bc
  4. #8badb5
  5. #8aa6ad
  6. #88a0a6
  7. #869a9e
  8. #859397
  9. #838d8f
  10. #828688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9bbc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7bccc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb5cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cc5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9becb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2b9cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #85c3c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-90c0cb {
  color: #90c0cb;
}
Background
.bg-90c0cb {
  background-color: #90c0cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-90c0cb {
  border: 2px solid #90c0cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #90c0cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 192 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 36% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-90c0cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #90c0cb, #90a2cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-90c0cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 192 203 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.63 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.71 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.77 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.24 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.89 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.30 #6f3f34 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#90c0cb  rgb(144, 192, 203)  hsl(191, 36%, 68%)  Light Blue
#cb9b90  rgb(203, 155, 144)  hsl(11, 36%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#cb90c0  rgb(203, 144, 192)  hsl(311, 36%, 68%)  Lilac
#c0cb90  rgb(192, 203, 144)  hsl(71, 36%, 68%)  Sage