#88c5e4

Color #88c5e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 4.11 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#88c5e4

RGB

rgb(136, 197, 228)

HSL

hsl(200.2, 63%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.2, 40.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(76.54, -11.73, -21.57)

LCH

lch(76.54, 24.55, 241.46)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0765, 231.05)

HWB

hwb(200.2, 53.3%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4a788

Analogous

#88e4d5

#88c5e4

#8897e4

Triadic

#88c5e4

#e488c5

#c5e488

Split-complementary

#88c5e4

#e48897

#e4d588

Tetradic

#88c5e4

#a788e4

#e4a788

#c5e488

Square

#88c5e4

#d588e4

#e4a788

#97e488

Shades

Color #88c5e4 mixed toward black.

#57add9

#2d92c6

#226e94

#164963

#0b2531

Tints

Color #88c5e4 mixed toward white.

#9ccfe9

#b0d8ed

#c4e2f2

#d7ecf6

#ebf5fb

Tones

Color #88c5e4 mixed toward gray.

#90c3dc

#97c0d5

#9fbecd

#a7bbc5

#aeb9be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a7dd · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#a29edb · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#8cd7d6 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #88c5e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88c5e4]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#88c5e4 (#88c5e4) is rgb(136, 197, 228) in RGB.

No, #88c5e4 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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