#88aade

Color #88aade

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 16.29 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#88aade

RGB

rgb(136, 170, 222)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 56.6%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 38.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(68.94, 1.3, -29.94)

LCH

lch(68.94, 29.97, 272.49)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0847, 258.7)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 53.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#debc88

Analogous

#88d5de

#88aade

#9188de

Triadic

#88aade

#de88aa

#aade88

Split-complementary

#88aade

#de9188

#d5de88

Tetradic

#88aade

#bc88de

#debc88

#aade88

Square

#88aade

#de88d5

#debc88

#88de91

Shades

Color #88aade mixed toward black.

#5989d1

#3469bb

#274f8c

#1a355d

#0d1a2f

Tints

Color #88aade mixed toward white.

#9cb8e4

#b0c6e9

#c3d4ef

#d7e3f4

#ebf1fa

Tones

Color #88aade mixed toward gray.

#8fabd7

#96add0

#9eaec9

#a5b0c1

#acb2ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898d3 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#9693d0 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#8acac8 · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #88aade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88aade]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#88aade (#88aade) is rgb(136, 170, 222) in RGB.

No, #88aade 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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