Information about #88A9BF color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly balanced steel-blue azure, #88A9BF appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pewter Blue (#8BA8B7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2) and Blake (#88A7C8).
The recipe behind #88A9BF is rgb(136, 169, 191), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #88A9BF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.5:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#88A9BF color variations
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#88A9BF color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#88A9BF color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#88A9BF color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#88A9BF color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#88A9BF color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #88A9BF color
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Nearest named colors to #88A9BF
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8BA8B7
#89B1C2
#88A7C8
#8EB2BE
#93AAB9
#8AA7CC
#93A2BA
#85A3B2
#92ACB4
#93A2B7
#85B3B2
#89A0B0
#88A9BF color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#88A9BF
- RGB136, 169, 191
- CMYK22, 9, 0, 25
- CSSrgb(136, 169, 191)
- HSL204°, 30%, 64%
- HSL Precise204°, 30.055%, 64.118%
- HSV204°, 29%, 75%
- HSB204°, 29%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.533
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
- GLSLvec3(0.533, 0.663, 0.749)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.533, 0.663, 0.749, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.533, 0.663, 0.749)
- Percentage of Red in RGB53.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID88A9BF
- DECIMAL ID8956351
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
