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Recognised as Colour

#88BEEB

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

#88BEEB is a blue with RGB values 136, 190, 235 and HSL 207°, 71%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88BEEB#88BEEB
HEX#88BEEB
RGBrgb(136, 190, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7451, 0.9216
RGB percentages53.3%, 74.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(207.3, 71.2%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.3, 42.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK42.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,961,771
CSS custom property--colour: #88BEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#774114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#62C9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBB588
Analogous#88EBE6, #888DEB
Triadic#EB88BE, #BEEB88
Split complementary#EB888D, #EBE688
Tetradic#E688EB, #EBB588, #8DEB88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEEFA
Lighter +10%#B4D6F2
Darker −10%#5CA6E4
Darker −20%#318EDC
Darker −30%#1F74BB
Darker −40%#18598F
More saturated +25%#77C0FC
Less saturated −25%#99BCDA

Channel breakdown

R136
G190
B235
Red136 (53.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue207.27°
Saturation (HSL)71.22%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G BE · B EB

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