Recognised as Colour

#88ACA6

#88ACA6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#88ACA6 is a cyan with RGB values 136, 172, 166 and HSL 170°, 18%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#88ACA6#88ACA6

HEX#88ACA6

RGBrgb(136, 172, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6745, 0.651

RGB percentages53.3%, 67.5%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(170, 17.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170, 20.9%, 67.5%)

CMYK20.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,957,094

CSS custom property--colour: #88ACA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.5:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#775359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A8A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1A3A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Tritanopia#7EAEAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 11.1 Dark grey · ΔE 13.6 Silver · ΔE 16.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2 Light blue · ΔE 19.5 Gray · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 11.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AC888E

Analogous#88AC94, #88A0AC

Triadic#A688AC, #ACA688

Split complementary#AC88A0, #AC9488

Tetradic#9488AC, #AC888E, #A0AC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2EBE9

Lighter +20%#C4D6D3

Lighter +10%#A6C1BC

Darker −10%#6A9790

Darker −20%#557973

Darker −30%#405B57

Darker −40%#2B3D3A

More saturated +25%#6FC5B7

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R136

G172

B166

Red136 (53.3%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue170°

Saturation (HSL)17.82%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 88 · G AC · B A6

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