Recognised as Colour

#88DEFD

#88DEFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#88DEFD is a cyan with RGB values 136, 222, 253 and HSL 196°, 97%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#88DEFD#88DEFD

HEX#88DEFD

RGBrgb(136, 222, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.8706, 0.9922

RGB percentages53.3%, 87.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(195.9, 96.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 46.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK46.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,969,981

CSS custom property--colour: #88DEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#772102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCDAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBCCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4FE8E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 10 Light blue · ΔE 13.7 Powder blue · ΔE 15.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDA788

Analogous#88FDE2, #88A3FD

Triadic#FD88DE, #DEFD88

Split complementary#FD88A3, #FDE288

Tetradic#E288FD, #FDA788, #A3FD88

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#ECFAFF

Lighter +10%#BAECFE

Darker −10%#56D0FC

Darker −20%#24C2FB

Darker −30%#04ACE8

Darker −40%#0387B6

More saturated +25%#86DFFF

Less saturated −25%#97D7EE

Channel breakdown

R136

G222

B253

Red136 (53.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue195.9°

Saturation (HSL)96.69%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G DE · B FD

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