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Recognised as Colour

#88BDEC

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

#88BDEC is a blue with RGB values 136, 189, 236 and HSL 208°, 72%, 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

#88BDEC#88BDEC
HEX#88BDEC
RGBrgb(136, 189, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7412, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.3%, 74.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(208.2, 72.5%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 42.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,961,516
CSS custom property--colour: #88BDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.54:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#774213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABDEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#61C8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.5Sky blue · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.6Light blue · ΔE 20.4Steel blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECB788
Analogous#88ECE9, #888BEC
Triadic#EC88BD, #BDEC88
Split complementary#EC888B, #ECE988
Tetradic#E988EC, #ECB788, #8BEC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EEFA
Lighter +10%#B4D5F3
Darker −10%#5CA5E5
Darker −20%#308CDE
Darker −30%#1E72BD
Darker −40%#175891
More saturated +25%#77BEFD
Less saturated −25%#99BCDB

Channel breakdown

R136
G189
B236
Red136 (53.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue208.2°
Saturation (HSL)72.46%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G BD · B EC

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