Recognised as Colour

#88E9E2

#88E9E2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#88E9E2 is a cyan with RGB values 136, 233, 226 and HSL 176°, 69%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#88E9E2#88E9E2

HEX#88E9E2

RGBrgb(136, 233, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.9137, 0.8863

RGB percentages53.3%, 91.4%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(175.7, 68.8%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 41.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK41.6%, 0%, 3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,972,770

CSS custom property--colour: #88E9E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69003WCAG 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 14.8:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#77161D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE0E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED3E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Tritanopia#5DEEE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Powder blue · ΔE 16.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E9888F

Analogous#88E9B1, #88C0E9

Triadic#E288E9, #E9E288

Split complementary#E988BF, #E9B288

Tetradic#B288E9, #E9888F, #BFE988

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEF9F7

Lighter +10%#B3F1EC

Darker −10%#5DE1D8

Darker −20%#32D9CD

Darker −30%#22B6AC

Darker −40%#1A8B83

More saturated +25%#76FBF1

Less saturated −25%#9AD7D3

Channel breakdown

R136

G233

B226

Red136 (53.3%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue175.67°

Saturation (HSL)68.79%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 88 · G E9 · B E2

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