#88acb0

Color #88acb0

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.89 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#88acb0

RGB

rgb(136, 172, 176)

HSL

hsl(186, 20.2%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186, 22.7%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(67.93, -11.26, -6.07)

LCH

lch(67.93, 12.79, 208.33)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.0395, 204.68)

HWB

hwb(186, 53.3%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b08c88

Analogous

#88b0a0

#88acb0

#8898b0

Triadic

#88acb0

#b088ac

#acb088

Split-complementary

#88acb0

#b08898

#b0a088

Tetradic

#88acb0

#8c88b0

#b08c88

#acb088

Square

#88acb0

#a088b0

#b08c88

#98b088

Shades

Color #88acb0 mixed toward black.

#69969b

#53797d

#3e5b5e

#2a3c3f

#151e1f

Tints

Color #88acb0 mixed toward white.

#9cbabd

#b0c8ca

#c4d6d8

#d7e3e5

#ebf1f2

Tones

Color #88acb0 mixed toward gray.

#8ba9ad

#8fa7a9

#92a4a6

#95a1a3

#999f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999af · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#9794af · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#8aaeae · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #88acb0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88acb0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#88acb0 (#88acb0) is rgb(136, 172, 176) in RGB.

No, #88acb0 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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