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Recognised as Colour

#88BCEF

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

#88BCEF is a blue with RGB values 136, 188, 239 and HSL 210°, 76%, 74%. 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

#88BCEF#88BCEF
HEX#88BCEF
RGBrgb(136, 188, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7373, 0.9373
RGB percentages53.3%, 73.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(209.7, 76.3%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.7, 43.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK43.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,961,263
CSS custom property--colour: #88BCEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.49:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#774310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BDF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#60C8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.1Light blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFBB88
Analogous#88EFEF, #8889EF
Triadic#EF88BC, #BCEF88
Split complementary#EF8889, #EFEF88
Tetradic#EE88EF, #EFBB88, #89EF88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EFFB
Lighter +10%#B5D5F5
Darker −10%#5BA3E9
Darker −20%#2E89E3
Darker −30%#1A70C4
Darker −40%#145697
More saturated +25%#78BCFF
Less saturated −25%#99BCDE

Channel breakdown

R136
G188
B239
Red136 (53.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue209.71°
Saturation (HSL)76.3%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G BC · B EF

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