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Recognised as Colour

#88C5DB

  • #88C5DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#88C5DB is a cyan with RGB values 136, 197, 219 and HSL 196°, 54%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88C5DB#88C5DB
HEX#88C5DB
RGBrgb(136, 197, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7725, 0.8588
RGB percentages53.3%, 77.3%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(195.9, 53.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 37.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK37.9%, 10%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,963,547
CSS custom property--colour: #88C5DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.06:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#773A24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C2DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#68CCCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.1Light blue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9E88
Analogous#88DBC7, #889CDB
Triadic#DB88C5, #C5DB88
Split complementary#DB889C, #DBC788
Tetradic#C788DB, #DB9E88, #9CDB88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFEFF
Lighter +20%#D6EBF3
Lighter +10%#AFD8E7
Darker −10%#61B2CF
Darker −20%#3B9EC2
Darker −30%#2F7E9B
Darker −40%#235E74
More saturated +25%#75CEEE
Less saturated −25%#9BBCC8

Channel breakdown

R136
G197
B219
Red136 (53.3%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue195.9°
Saturation (HSL)53.55%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G C5 · B DB

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