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Recognised as Colour

#88E6EE

  • #88E6EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#88E6EE is a cyan with RGB values 136, 230, 238 and HSL 185°, 75%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#88E6EE#88E6EE
HEX#88E6EE
RGBrgb(136, 230, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.902, 0.9333
RGB percentages53.3%, 90.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(184.7, 75%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 42.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK42.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,972,014
CSS custom property--colour: #88E6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#771911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D2EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#57EDE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.7Light blue · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9088
Analogous#88EEC3, #88B3EE
Triadic#EE88E6, #E6EE88
Split complementary#EE88B3, #EEC388
Tetradic#C388EE, #EE9088, #B3EE88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1F9FB
Lighter +10%#B5EFF4
Darker −10%#5BDDE8
Darker −20%#2FD3E1
Darker −30%#1CB4C1
Darker −40%#158B95
More saturated +25%#77F4FF
Less saturated −25%#99D8DD

Channel breakdown

R136
G230
B238
Red136 (53.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue184.71°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G E6 · B EE

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