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Recognised as Colour

#88DBEE

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

#88DBEE is a cyan with RGB values 136, 219, 238 and HSL 191°, 75%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88DBEE#88DBEE
HEX#88DBEE
RGBrgb(136, 219, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.8588, 0.9333
RGB percentages53.3%, 85.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(191.2, 75%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.2, 42.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK42.9%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,969,198
CSS custom property--colour: #88DBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.41:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#772411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC9EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5AE3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9B88
Analogous#88EECE, #88A8EE
Triadic#EE88DB, #DBEE88
Split complementary#EE88A8, #EECE88
Tetradic#CE88EE, #EE9B88, #A8EE88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1F6FB
Lighter +10%#B5E8F4
Darker −10%#5BCDE8
Darker −20%#2FC0E1
Darker −30%#1CA2C1
Darker −40%#157D95
More saturated +25%#77E6FF
Less saturated −25%#99D0DD

Channel breakdown

R136
G219
B238
Red136 (53.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue191.18°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G DB · B EE

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