#88AFFE

sRGB · 136 / 175 / 254

#88AFFE belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 136 red, 175 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 220.2° lands in the azure region. Its 98.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 136, 175, 254
HSL: 220.17°, 98.33%, 76.47%
HSV / HSB: 220.17°, 46.46%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 46.46%, 31.10%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.370, 43.049, 99.793
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 71.588, 7.401, -43.245
WCAG relative luminance: 0.43050
24-bit decimal: 8957950

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #88AFFE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 9.61:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.19:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FED788 sits half a turn (180°) from #88AFFE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#88AFFE #FED788

Analogous

#88EAFE and #9C88FE sit 30° to either side of #88AFFE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#88EAFE #88AFFE #9C88FE

Triadic

#88AFFE, #FE88AF and #AFFE88 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#88AFFE #FE88AF #AFFE88

Split complementary

Start at #88AFFE and look across the wheel. #FE9C88 and #EAFE88 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#88AFFE #FE9C88 #EAFE88

Square

Starting with #88AFFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FE88EA, #FED788, then #88FE9C. Across the square, #88AFFE pairs with #FED788, and #FE88EA with #88FE9C.

#88AFFE #FE88EA #FED788 #88FE9C

Tetradic

#88AFFE and #FED788 are opposites, as are #D788FE and #AFFE88. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#88AFFE #D788FE #FED788 #AFFE88

Tints

Mixing #88AFFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A0BFFE, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7EFFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#88AFFE #A0BFFE #B8CFFE #CFDFFF #E7EFFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #88AFFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D8CCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B2333, the mixture is 80% black.

#88AFFE #6D8CCB #526998 #364666 #1B2333 #000000

Tones

Mixing #88AFFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #86A6E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #828999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#88AFFE #86A6E5 #859CCC #8393B2 #828999 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#88AFFE

RGB

rgb(136 175 254)

HSL

hsl(220.169 98.333% 76.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #88AFFE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#88AFFE uses 136 red, 175 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 53.3%

Green 68.6%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #88AFFE is 46.5% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 46.5%

Magenta 31.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #88AAFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #8AF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #88AFFE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #88AAFF Nearest web-safe · #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#88AFFE #9CB6EA #AFBCD7 #C3C3C3 #D7CAAF #EAD09C #FED788

Color vision previews

Compare how #88AFFE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#92B5FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#85AAFC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#59C0CB

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8DB2FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#87ADFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#81B4ED

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#AFAFAF

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9DAFDB

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.24620 G 0.42869 B 0.99110

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.56443 G 0.68189 B 0.97208

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.27860 G 0.42263 B 0.93766

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.233 y 0.231 Y 43.049

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 46.667 M % 31.373 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

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