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Recognised as Colour

#88ACEC

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

#88ACEC is a blue with RGB values 136, 172, 236 and HSL 218°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#88ACEC#88ACEC
HEX#88ACEC
RGBrgb(136, 172, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6745, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.3%, 67.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(218.4, 72.5%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.4, 42.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,957,164
CSS custom property--colour: #88ACEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.16:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#775313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95B0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#64BAC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23Sky blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC888
Analogous#88DEEC, #9688EC
Triadic#EC88AC, #ACEC88
Split complementary#EC9688, #DEEC88
Tetradic#EC88DE, #ECC888, #88EC96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0E9FA
Lighter +10%#B4CBF3
Darker −10%#5C8DE5
Darker −20%#306FDE
Darker −30%#1E57BD
Darker −40%#174391
More saturated +25%#77A7FD
Less saturated −25%#99B1DB

Channel breakdown

R136
G172
B236
Red136 (53.3%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue218.4°
Saturation (HSL)72.46%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G AC · B EC

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