Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#88A7FF

  • #88A7FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#88A7FF is a blue with RGB values 136, 167, 255 and HSL 224°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#88A7FF#88A7FF
HEX#88A7FF
RGBrgb(136, 167, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6549, 1
RGB percentages53.3%, 65.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(224.4, 100%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 46.7%, 100%)
CMYK46.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,955,903
CSS custom property--colour: #88A7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#775800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7AA5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#59B9C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.4Steel blue · ΔE 27.9Medium purple · ΔE 28.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.4Light skyblue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE088
Analogous#88E3FF, #A488FF
Triadic#FF88A7, #A7FF88
Split complementary#FFA588, #E2FF88
Tetradic#FF88E3, #FFE088, #88FFA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF2FF
Lighter +10%#BBCDFF
Darker −10%#5581FF
Darker −20%#225CFF
Darker −30%#003EEE
Darker −40%#0031BB
More saturated +25%#88A7FF
Less saturated −25%#97AEF0

Channel breakdown

R136
G167
B255
Red136 (53.3%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue224.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G A7 · B FF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “88a7ff” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.