#90a0ab

Color #90a0ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#90a0ab

RGB

rgb(144, 160, 171)

HSL

hsl(204.4, 13.8%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.4, 15.8%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.97, -3.29, -7.62)

LCH

lch(64.97, 8.3, 246.65)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0243, 237.94)

HWB

hwb(204.4, 56.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab9b90

Analogous

#90aba9

#90a0ab

#9093ab

Triadic

#90a0ab

#ab90a0

#a0ab90

Split-complementary

#90a0ab

#ab9093

#aba990

Tetradic

#90a0ab

#9b90ab

#ab9b90

#a0ab90

Square

#90a0ab

#a990ab

#ab9b90

#93ab90

Shades

Color #90a0ab mixed toward black.

#728794

#5b6c78

#44515a

#2d363c

#171b1e

Tints

Color #90a0ab mixed toward white.

#a3b0b9

#b5c0c7

#c8d0d5

#dadfe3

#edeff1

Tones

Color #90a0ab mixed toward gray.

#92a0a9

#959fa7

#979fa4

#999ea2

#9b9ea0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797a8 · ΔE 9.2

Deuteranopia

#9695a8 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#91a6a6 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 7.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #90a0ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#90a0ab]

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Frequently asked questions

#90a0ab (#90a0ab) is rgb(144, 160, 171) in RGB.

No, #90a0ab is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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