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Recognised as Colour

#88DDEC

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

#88DDEC is a cyan with RGB values 136, 221, 236 and HSL 189°, 72%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88DDEC#88DDEC
HEX#88DDEC
RGBrgb(136, 221, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.8667, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.3%, 86.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(189, 72.5%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 42.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,969,708
CSS custom property--colour: #88DDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#772213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5BE4E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC9788
Analogous#88ECC9, #88ABEC
Triadic#EC88DD, #DDEC88
Split complementary#EC88AB, #ECC988
Tetradic#C988EC, #EC9788, #ABEC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F6FA
Lighter +10%#B4EAF3
Darker −10%#5CD0E5
Darker −20%#30C4DE
Darker −30%#1EA5BD
Darker −40%#177F91
More saturated +25%#77E9FD
Less saturated −25%#99D1DB

Channel breakdown

R136
G221
B236
Red136 (53.3%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue189°
Saturation (HSL)72.46%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G DD · B EC

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