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Recognised as Colour

#88E7EC

  • #88E7EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#88E7EC is a cyan with RGB values 136, 231, 236 and HSL 183°, 72%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#88E7EC#88E7EC
HEX#88E7EC
RGBrgb(136, 231, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.9059, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.3%, 90.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(183, 72.5%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 42.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK42.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,972,268
CSS custom property--colour: #88E7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#771813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDFEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D2EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#58EDE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 16.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8D88
Analogous#88ECBF, #88B5EC
Triadic#EC88E7, #E7EC88
Split complementary#EC88B5, #ECBF88
Tetradic#BF88EC, #EC8D88, #B5EC88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F9FA
Lighter +10%#B4F0F3
Darker −10%#5CDEE5
Darker −20%#30D5DE
Darker −30%#1EB5BD
Darker −40%#178B91
More saturated +25%#77F7FD
Less saturated −25%#99D7DB

Channel breakdown

R136
G231
B236
Red136 (53.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue183°
Saturation (HSL)72.46%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G E7 · B EC

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