#88a9ed

Color #88a9ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#88a9ed

RGB

rgb(136, 169, 237)

HSL

hsl(220.4, 73.7%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.4, 42.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(69.27, 5.96, -37.63)

LCH

lch(69.27, 38.1, 279)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.1058, 264.08)

HWB

hwb(220.4, 53.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edcc88

Analogous

#88dbed

#88a9ed

#9988ed

Triadic

#88a9ed

#ed88a9

#a9ed88

Split-complementary

#88a9ed

#ed9988

#dbed88

Tetradic

#88a9ed

#cc88ed

#edcc88

#a9ed88

Square

#88a9ed

#ed88db

#edcc88

#88ed99

Shades

Color #88a9ed mixed toward black.

#5282e5

#215dd8

#1945a2

#102e6c

#081736

Tints

Color #88a9ed mixed toward white.

#9cb7f0

#b0c6f3

#c3d4f6

#d7e2f9

#ebf1fc

Tones

Color #88a9ed mixed toward gray.

#90ace5

#99afdc

#a1b2d4

#aab5cb

#b2b7c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798df · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#9593db · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#8ad3d0 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #88a9ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88a9ed]

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

#88a9ed (#88a9ed) is rgb(136, 169, 237) in RGB.

No, #88a9ed 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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