Colour

#88D9CD

#88D9CD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#88D9CD is a cyan with RGB values 136, 217, 205 and HSL 171°, 52%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#88D9CD

RGBrgb(136, 217, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.851, 0.8039

RGB percentages53.3%, 85.1%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(171.1, 51.6%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 37.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK37.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,968,653

CSS custom property--colour: #88D9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#772632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D1CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C6CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#6BDCD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Powder blue · ΔE 15.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16 Turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D98894

Analogous#88D9A4, #88BDD9

Triadic#CD88D9, #D9CD88

Split complementary#D988BD, #D9A488

Tetradic#A488D9, #D98894, #BDD988

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFEFE

Lighter +20%#D5F2ED

Lighter +10%#AFE5DD

Darker −10%#61CDBD

Darker −20%#3DBEAB

Darker −30%#309888

Darker −40%#247166

More saturated +25%#74EDDB

Less saturated −25%#9CC5BF

Channel breakdown

R136

G217

B205

Red136 (53.3%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue171.11°

Saturation (HSL)51.59%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 88 · G D9 · B CD

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