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Recognised as Colour

#88DBDB

  • #88DBDB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#88DBDB is a cyan with RGB values 136, 219, 219 and HSL 180°, 54%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#88DBDB#88DBDB
HEX#88DBDB
RGBrgb(136, 219, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.8588, 0.8588
RGB percentages53.3%, 85.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(180, 53.5%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 37.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK37.9%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,969,179
CSS custom property--colour: #88DBDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.2:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#772424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C8DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#64E0DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB8888
Analogous#88DBB2, #88B2DB
Triadic#DB88DB, #DBDB88
Split complementary#DB88B2, #DBB288
Tetradic#B288DB, #DB8888, #B2DB88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFFFF
Lighter +20%#D6F3F3
Lighter +10%#AFE7E7
Darker −10%#61CFCF
Darker −20%#3BC2C2
Darker −30%#2F9B9B
Darker −40%#237474
More saturated +25%#75EEEE
Less saturated −25%#9BC8C8

Channel breakdown

R136
G219
B219
Red136 (53.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)53.55%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 88 · G DB · B DB

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