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Recognised as Colour

#88BECC

  • #88BECC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#88BECC is a cyan with RGB values 136, 190, 204 and HSL 192°, 40%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88BECC#88BECC
HEX#88BECC
RGBrgb(136, 190, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7451, 0.8
RGB percentages53.3%, 74.5%, 80%
HSLhsl(192.4, 40%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 33.3%, 80%)
CMYK33.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,961,740
CSS custom property--colour: #88BECC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#774133

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BACDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B2CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#70C4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC9688
Analogous#88CCB8, #889CCC
Triadic#CC88BE, #BECC88
Split complementary#CC889C, #CCB888
Tetradic#B888CC, #CC9688, #9CCC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F9FA
Lighter +20%#CFE5EB
Lighter +10%#ACD2DB
Darker −10%#64ABBD
Darker −20%#4793A7
Darker −30%#387483
Darker −40%#29545F
More saturated +25%#73CBE1
Less saturated −25%#9DB2B7

Channel breakdown

R136
G190
B204
Red136 (53.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue192.35°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G BE · B CC

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