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Recognised as Colour

#88DBDC

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

#88DBDC is a cyan with RGB values 136, 219, 220 and HSL 181°, 55%, 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

#88DBDC#88DBDC
HEX#88DBDC
RGBrgb(136, 219, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.8588, 0.8627
RGB percentages53.3%, 85.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(180.7, 54.5%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 38.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK38.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,969,180
CSS custom property--colour: #88DBDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#772423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C8DDno 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 10.6 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 text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Light blue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC8988
Analogous#88DCB3, #88B1DC
Triadic#DC88DB, #DBDC88
Split complementary#DC88B1, #DCB388
Tetradic#B388DC, #DC8988, #B1DC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7F3F3
Lighter +10%#AFE7E8
Darker −10%#61CFD0
Darker −20%#3AC3C4
Darker −30%#2E9C9D
Darker −40%#237475
More saturated +25%#75EEEF
Less saturated −25%#9BC8C9

Channel breakdown

R136
G219
B220
Red136 (53.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue180.71°
Saturation (HSL)54.55%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G DB · B DC

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