Colour

#88E9ED

#88E9ED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#88E9ED is a cyan with RGB values 136, 233, 237 and HSL 182°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#88E9ED#88E9ED

HEX#88E9ED

RGBrgb(136, 233, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.9137, 0.9294

RGB percentages53.3%, 91.4%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(182.4, 73.7%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 42.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK42.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,972,781

CSS custom property--colour: #88E9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#771612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDE1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD4EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#57EFEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Powder blue · ΔE 13.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Light blue · ΔE 17 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Sky blue · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED8C88

Analogous#88EDBE, #88B7ED

Triadic#ED88E9, #E9ED88

Split complementary#ED88B7, #EDBF88

Tetradic#BE88ED, #ED8C88, #B6ED88

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E1F9FA

Lighter +10%#B4F1F4

Darker −10%#5CE1E6

Darker −20%#2FD9E0

Darker −30%#1DB9BF

Darker −40%#168E93

More saturated +25%#77F9FE

Less saturated −25%#99D9DC

Channel breakdown

R136

G233

B237

Red136 (53.3%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue182.38°

Saturation (HSL)73.72%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G E9 · B ED

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