Palettes / Colors / #90E4E1

#90E4E1 — Light Teal

#90E4E1 is a teal color we call Light Teal, closest to the named color SkyBlue (#87CEEB). It belongs to the teal family.

#90E4E1 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E49093; it also sits naturally between #90E4B7 and #90BDE4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 56% · Green 89% · Blue 88%

Cyan 37% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #90E4E1

.text { color: #90E4E1; }
.background { background-color: #90E4E1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #90E4E1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(144, 228, 225); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(178, 61%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #90E4E1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(144, 228, 225, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #90E4E1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(144, 228, 225, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#90E4E1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#90E4E1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #90E4E1

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E49093:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #90E4E1: #000000.

How #90E4E1 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #90E4E1 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #90E4E0  ·  #90E4E2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #90E4E1?

#90E4E1 is Light Teal, a teal color (RGB 144, 228, 225). Its closest standard named color is SkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #90E4E1?

#90E4E1 is RGB 144, 228, 225 — HSL 178°, 61%, 73% — CMYK 37%, 0%, 1%, 11%.

What colors go with #90E4E1?

Its complement is #E49093; analogous partners are #90E4B7 and #90BDE4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #90E4E1 for text?

Black text on #90E4E1 has a contrast ratio of 14.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.