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Recognised as Colour

#88C9FD

  • #88C9FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#88C9FD is a blue with RGB values 136, 201, 253 and HSL 207°, 97%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#88C9FD#88C9FD
HEX#88C9FD
RGBrgb(136, 201, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.7882, 0.9922
RGB percentages53.3%, 78.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(206.7, 96.7%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 46.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK46.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,964,605
CSS custom property--colour: #88C9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#773602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#54D6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 5.2Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Light blue · ΔE 21.5Powder blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDBC88
Analogous#88FDF7, #888EFD
Triadic#FD88C9, #C9FD88
Split complementary#FD888E, #FDF788
Tetradic#F788FD, #FDBC88, #8EFD88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF7FF
Lighter +10%#BAE0FE
Darker −10%#56B2FC
Darker −20%#249BFB
Darker −30%#0483E8
Darker −40%#0366B6
More saturated +25%#86C9FF
Less saturated −25%#97C7EE

Channel breakdown

R136
G201
B253
Red136 (53.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)96.69%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G C9 · B FD

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