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Recognised as Colour

#88B8AC

  • #88B8AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#88B8AC is a cyan with RGB values 136, 184, 172 and HSL 165°, 25%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#88B8AC#88B8AC
HEX#88B8AC
RGBrgb(136, 184, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7216, 0.6745
RGB percentages53.3%, 72.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(165, 25.3%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165, 26.1%, 72.2%)
CMYK26.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,960,172
CSS custom property--colour: #88B8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.5:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#774753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B2ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABACADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7BB9B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 17.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9Dark grey · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 19.2Silver · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B88894
Analogous#88B894, #88ACB8
Triadic#AC88B8, #B8AC88
Split complementary#B888AC, #B89488
Tetradic#9488B8, #B88894, #ACB888

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8F1EF
Lighter +20%#C8DED9
Lighter +10%#A8CBC2
Darker −10%#68A596
Darker −20%#51897B
Darker −30%#3E695E
Darker −40%#2B4941
More saturated +25%#70D0B8
Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R136
G184
B172
Red136 (53.3%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue165°
Saturation (HSL)25.26%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 88 · G B8 · B AC

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