Recognised as Colour

#88BBCE

#88BBCE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#88BBCE is a cyan with RGB values 136, 187, 206 and HSL 196°, 42%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88BBCE#88BBCE

HEX#88BBCE

RGBrgb(136, 187, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7333, 0.8078

RGB percentages53.3%, 73.3%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(196.3, 41.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 34%, 80.8%)

CMYK34%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,960,974

CSS custom property--colour: #88BBCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1

Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#774431

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0B8CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A5B0CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Tritanopia#70C1C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.3 Light blue · ΔE 11.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1 Powder blue · ΔE 14.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CE9B88

Analogous#88CEBE, #8898CE

Triadic#CE88BB, #BBCE88

Split complementary#CE8898, #CEBE88

Tetradic#BE88CE, #CE9B88, #98CE88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F9FB

Lighter +20%#D0E4EC

Lighter +10%#ACD0DD

Darker −10%#64A6BF

Darker −20%#468FAA

Darker −30%#377086

Darker −40%#285262

More saturated +25%#73C5E3

Less saturated −25%#9DB1B9

Channel breakdown

R136

G187

B206

Red136 (53.3%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue196.29°

Saturation (HSL)41.67%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G BB · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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