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Recognised as Colour

#88ADED

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

#88ADED is a blue with RGB values 136, 173, 237 and HSL 218°, 74%, 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

#88ADED#88ADED
HEX#88ADED
RGBrgb(136, 173, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6784, 0.9294
RGB percentages53.3%, 67.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(218, 73.7%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 42.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK42.6%, 27%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,957,421
CSS custom property--colour: #88ADED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#775212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96B1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#63BBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 19.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Light steelblue · ΔE 22.8Sky blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC888
Analogous#88DFED, #9688ED
Triadic#ED88AD, #ADED88
Split complementary#ED9688, #DFED88
Tetradic#ED88DF, #EDC888, #88ED96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EAFA
Lighter +10%#B4CCF4
Darker −10%#5C8EE6
Darker −20%#2F70E0
Darker −30%#1D58BF
Darker −40%#164493
More saturated +25%#77A8FE
Less saturated −25%#99B2DC

Channel breakdown

R136
G173
B237
Red136 (53.3%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue218.02°
Saturation (HSL)73.72%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G AD · B ED

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