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Recognised as Colour

#88B7E6

  • #88B7E6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#88B7E6 is a blue with RGB values 136, 183, 230 and HSL 210°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88B7E6#88B7E6
HEX#88B7E6
RGBrgb(136, 183, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7176, 0.902
RGB percentages53.3%, 71.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(210, 65.3%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 40.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK40.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,959,974
CSS custom property--colour: #88B7E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#774819

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B8E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AEE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#65C2C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 20.7Light blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B788
Analogous#88E6E6, #8888E6
Triadic#E688B7, #B7E688
Split complementary#E68888, #E6E688
Tetradic#E688E6, #E6B788, #88E688

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DCEAF8
Lighter +10%#B2D1EF
Darker −10%#5E9EDD
Darker −20%#3484D4
Darker −30%#256BB0
Darker −40%#1C5186
More saturated +25%#76B7F8
Less saturated −25%#9AB7D4

Channel breakdown

R136
G183
B230
Red136 (53.3%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)65.28%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G B7 · B E6

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