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Colour

#88BCED

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

#88BCED is a blue with RGB values 136, 188, 237 and HSL 209°, 74%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88BCED#88BCED
HEX#88BCED
RGBrgb(136, 188, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7373, 0.9294
RGB percentages53.3%, 73.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(209.1, 73.7%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 42.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK42.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,961,261
CSS custom property--colour: #88BCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47315WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.46:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#774312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB2ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#61C7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 21.5Steel blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB988
Analogous#88EDEB, #888AED
Triadic#ED88BC, #BCED88
Split complementary#ED888A, #EDEB88
Tetradic#EB88ED, #EDB988, #8AED88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EEFA
Lighter +10%#B4D5F4
Darker −10%#5CA3E6
Darker −20%#2F8AE0
Darker −30%#1D70BF
Darker −40%#165693
More saturated +25%#77BDFE
Less saturated −25%#99BBDC

Channel breakdown

R136
G188
B237
Red136 (53.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue209.11°
Saturation (HSL)73.72%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G BC · B ED

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