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Recognised as Colour

#88C5ED

  • #88C5ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#88C5ED is a blue with RGB values 136, 197, 237 and HSL 204°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88C5ED#88C5ED
HEX#88C5ED
RGBrgb(136, 197, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7725, 0.9294
RGB percentages53.3%, 77.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(203.8, 73.7%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.8, 42.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK42.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,963,565
CSS custom property--colour: #88C5ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#773A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5FCFD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 4.1Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 16.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.1Powder blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 4.13, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDB088
Analogous#88EDE3, #8892ED
Triadic#ED88C5, #C5ED88
Split complementary#ED8892, #EDE388
Tetradic#E388ED, #EDB088, #93ED88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1F0FA
Lighter +10%#B4DBF4
Darker −10%#5CAFE6
Darker −20%#2F9AE0
Darker −30%#1D7FBF
Darker −40%#166193
More saturated +25%#77C9FE
Less saturated −25%#99C1DC

Channel breakdown

R136
G197
B237
Red136 (53.3%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue203.76°
Saturation (HSL)73.72%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G C5 · B ED

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