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Recognised as Colour

#88AFE9

  • #88AFE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#88AFE9 is a blue with RGB values 136, 175, 233 and HSL 216°, 69%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88AFE9#88AFE9
HEX#88AFE9
RGBrgb(136, 175, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6863, 0.9137
RGB percentages53.3%, 68.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(215.9, 68.8%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 41.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK41.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,957,929
CSS custom property--colour: #88AFE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#775016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AB2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#65BCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C288
Analogous#88E0E9, #9188E9
Triadic#E988AF, #AFE988
Split complementary#E99288, #DFE988
Tetradic#E988E0, #E9C288, #88E992

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE9F9
Lighter +10%#B3CCF1
Darker −10%#5D92E1
Darker −20%#3275D9
Darker −30%#225DB6
Darker −40%#1A478B
More saturated +25%#76ACFB
Less saturated −25%#9AB2D7

Channel breakdown

R136
G175
B233
Red136 (53.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue215.88°
Saturation (HSL)68.79%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G AF · B E9

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