#88a6e0

Color #88a6e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.49 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#88a6e0

RGB

rgb(136, 166, 224)

HSL

hsl(219.5, 58.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.5, 39.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(67.94, 4.07, -32.58)

LCH

lch(67.94, 32.83, 277.12)

OKLCH

oklch(72.5%, 0.0914, 263.15)

HWB

hwb(219.5, 53.3%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0c288

Analogous

#88d2e0

#88a6e0

#9688e0

Triadic

#88a6e0

#e088a6

#a6e088

Split-complementary

#88a6e0

#e09688

#d2e088

Tetradic

#88a6e0

#c288e0

#e0c288

#a6e088

Square

#88a6e0

#e088d2

#e0c288

#88e096

Shades

Color #88a6e0 mixed toward black.

#5883d4

#3262be

#25498f

#19315f

#0c1830

Tints

Color #88a6e0 mixed toward white.

#9cb5e5

#b0c4ea

#c4d3f0

#d7e1f5

#ebf0fa

Tones

Color #88a6e0 mixed toward gray.

#8fa8d9

#97abd1

#9eadca

#a5afc3

#adb2bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696d4 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#9492d1 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#8acac7 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 19

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #88a6e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88a6e0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#88a6e0 (#88a6e0) is rgb(136, 166, 224) in RGB.

No, #88a6e0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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