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Recognised as Colour

#88D2ED

  • #88D2ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#88D2ED is a cyan with RGB values 136, 210, 237 and HSL 196°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88D2ED#88D2ED
HEX#88D2ED
RGBrgb(136, 210, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.8235, 0.9294
RGB percentages53.3%, 82.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(196, 73.7%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 42.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK42.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,966,893
CSS custom property--colour: #88D2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.49:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#772D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C2EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#5DDBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 1.9Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 1.94, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDA388
Analogous#88EDD6, #889FED
Triadic#ED88D2, #D2ED88
Split complementary#ED889F, #EDD688
Tetradic#D688ED, #EDA388, #9FED88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1F4FA
Lighter +10%#B4E3F4
Darker −10%#5CC1E6
Darker −20%#2FB0E0
Darker −30%#1D94BF
Darker −40%#167193
More saturated +25%#77DAFE
Less saturated −25%#99CADC

Channel breakdown

R136
G210
B237
Red136 (53.3%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue196.04°
Saturation (HSL)73.72%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G D2 · B ED

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