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Recognised as Colour

#88BFEF

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

#88BFEF is a blue with RGB values 136, 191, 239 and HSL 208°, 76%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88BFEF#88BFEF
HEX#88BFEF
RGBrgb(136, 191, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.749, 0.9373
RGB percentages53.3%, 74.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(208, 76.3%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 43.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK43.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,962,031
CSS custom property--colour: #88BFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#774010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5FCACFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 12.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 18Light blue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB888
Analogous#88EFEB, #888CEF
Triadic#EF88BF, #BFEF88
Split complementary#EF888C, #EFEB88
Tetradic#EB88EF, #EFB888, #8CEF88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EFFB
Lighter +10%#B5D7F5
Darker −10%#5BA7E9
Darker −20%#2E8FE3
Darker −30%#1A75C4
Darker −40%#145A97
More saturated +25%#78C0FF
Less saturated −25%#99BEDE

Channel breakdown

R136
G191
B239
Red136 (53.3%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue207.96°
Saturation (HSL)76.3%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G BF · B EF

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