#88b1e9

Color #88b1e9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.58 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#88b1e9

RGB

rgb(136, 177, 233)

HSL

hsl(214.6, 68.8%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.6, 41.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.6%, 24%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(71.25, 0.39, -32.37)

LCH

lch(71.25, 32.37, 270.69)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0927, 256.34)

HWB

hwb(214.6, 53.3%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9c088

Analogous

#88e2e9

#88b1e9

#9088e9

Triadic

#88b1e9

#e988b1

#b1e988

Split-complementary

#88b1e9

#e99088

#e2e988

Tetradic

#88b1e9

#c088e9

#e9c088

#b1e988

Square

#88b1e9

#e988e2

#e9c088

#88e990

Shades

Color #88b1e9 mixed toward black.

#548fdf

#266ed0

#1d539c

#133768

#0a1c34

Tints

Color #88b1e9 mixed toward white.

#9cbeed

#b0cbf0

#c4d8f4

#d7e5f8

#ebf2fb

Tones

Color #88b1e9 mixed toward gray.

#90b2e1

#98b4d9

#a0b5d1

#a8b6c9

#b1b7c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cdd · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#9996da · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#8ad3d1 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 18.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #88b1e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88b1e9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#88b1e9 (#88b1e9) is rgb(136, 177, 233) in RGB.

No, #88b1e9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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