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Recognised as Colour

#88AAA9

  • #88AAA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#88AAA9 is a cyan with RGB values 136, 170, 169 and HSL 178°, 17%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#88AAA9#88AAA9
HEX#88AAA9
RGBrgb(136, 170, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6667, 0.6627
RGB percentages53.3%, 66.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(178.2, 16.7%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 20%, 66.7%)
CMYK20%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,956,585
CSS custom property--colour: #88AAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#775556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A6A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA1A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7EACAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 12.4Silver · ΔE 16.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7Gray · ΔE 18.3Light blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA8889
Analogous#88AA98, #889AAA
Triadic#A988AA, #AAA988
Split complementary#AA889A, #AA9888
Tetradic#9888AA, #AA8889, #9AAA88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1EAEA
Lighter +20%#C4D5D4
Lighter +10%#A6BFBE
Darker −10%#6A9593
Darker −20%#557776
Darker −30%#405959
Darker −40%#2B3C3B
More saturated +25%#6FC3C1
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R136
G170
B169
Red136 (53.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue178.24°
Saturation (HSL)16.67%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 88 · G AA · B A9

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