#88b4fa

Color #88b4fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#88b4fa

RGB

rgb(136, 180, 250)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 91.9%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 45.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.6%, 28%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(72.74, 3.46, -39.28)

LCH

lch(72.74, 39.43, 275.03)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.1118, 259.43)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 53.3%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#face88

Analogous

#88edfa

#88b4fa

#9588fa

Triadic

#88b4fa

#fa88b4

#b4fa88

Split-complementary

#88b4fa

#fa9588

#edfa88

Tetradic

#88b4fa

#ce88fa

#face88

#b4fa88

Square

#88b4fa

#fa88ed

#face88

#88fa95

Shades

Color #88b4fa mixed toward black.

#4a8df7

#0d66f5

#084cb9

#05337b

#03193e

Tints

Color #88b4fa mixed toward white.

#9cc1fb

#b0cdfc

#c4dafc

#d7e6fd

#ebf3fe

Tones

Color #88b4fa mixed toward gray.

#92b6f0

#9bb8e7

#a5bbde

#aebdd4

#b8bfcb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dec · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#9a97e8 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#8bdfdc · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 20.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #88b4fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88b4fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#88b4fa (#88b4fa) is rgb(136, 180, 250) in RGB.

No, #88b4fa 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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