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Recognised as Colour

#88AFEC

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

#88AFEC is a blue with RGB values 136, 175, 236 and HSL 217°, 72%, 73%. 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

#88AFEC#88AFEC
HEX#88AFEC
RGBrgb(136, 175, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6863, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.3%, 68.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(216.6, 72.5%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.6, 42.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,957,932
CSS custom property--colour: #88AFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#775013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#64BCC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 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 text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.6Sky blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC588
Analogous#88E1EC, #9388EC
Triadic#EC88AF, #AFEC88
Split complementary#EC9388, #E1EC88
Tetradic#EC88E1, #ECC588, #88EC93

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EAFA
Lighter +10%#B4CDF3
Darker −10%#5C91E5
Darker −20%#3074DE
Darker −30%#1E5CBD
Darker −40%#174791
More saturated +25%#77ABFD
Less saturated −25%#99B3DB

Channel breakdown

R136
G175
B236
Red136 (53.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue216.6°
Saturation (HSL)72.46%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G AF · B EC

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