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#88AFA3 Color

#88AFA3 is rgb(136, 175, 163) in RGB, hsl(162, 20%, 61%) in HSL, and about cmyk(22%, 0%, 7%, 31%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Morning Blue (#8DA399), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.97. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#88AFA3
HEX#88AFA3
RGBrgb(136, 175, 163)
HSLhsl(162, 20%, 61%)
HSVhsv(162, 22%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 0%, 7%, 31%)
OKLCHoklch(72.2% 0.046 174.2)
LABlab(68.34% -15.61 1.62)
LCHlch(68.34% 15.69 174.06)

What #88AFA3 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #88AFA3, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Morning Blue#8DA399ΔE 6.97Green Sheen#6EAEA1ΔE 8.5Cambridge Blue#A3C1ADΔE 8.87Opal#A8C3BCΔE 9.8Polished Pine#5DA493ΔE 12.47Ash Gray#B2BEB5ΔE 12.61

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#88AFA3 Channel Values

How #88AFA3 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 136 · G 175 · B 1638-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 162° · S 20% · L 61%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 162° · S 22% · V 69%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 22% · M 0% · Y 7% · K 31%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.41:1 vs white · 8.71:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #88AFA3 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.41:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text8.71:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #88AFA3 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #88AFA3

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #88AFA3; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#88AFA3
Complementary
#AF8894
Analogous
#88AF90
Analogous
#88A7AF
Triadic
#A488AF
Triadic
#AFA488
Split comp.
#AF88A7
Split comp.
#AF9088

Tints & Shades of #88AFA3

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#97BAAF
#A9C6BD
#B9D0C9
#C8DAD5
#D7E4E1
#EAF1EF

Shades

#6F9F91
#5C8A7C
#4B7166
#39564D
#293D37
#182521

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #88AFA3.

How #88AFA3 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#88AFA3
Protanopia#A9A9A3
Protanomaly#9DACA3
Deuteranopia#A3A3A4
Deuteranomaly#99A8A4
Tritanopia#8AAEAE
Tritanomaly#89AEA9
Achromatopsia#A7A7A7

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #88AFA3 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-88afa3: #88AFA3;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #88AFA3;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-88afa3': '#88AFA3' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.533, green: 0.686, blue: 0.639)
Android XML<color name="color_88afa3">#88AFA3</color>
SVG fillfill="#88AFA3"

More Green Colors

#88AFA3 sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#88AFA3 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #88AFA3?

#88AFA3 is a light green — rgb(136, 175, 163) in RGB and hsl(162, 20%, 61%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Morning Blue (#8DA399), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.97.

What is the RGB value of #88AFA3?

#88AFA3 is rgb(136, 175, 163) — red 136, green 175, and blue 163 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #88AFA3?

#88AFA3 converts to approximately cmyk(22%, 0%, 7%, 31%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #88AFA3 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #88AFA3 scores 2.41:1 against white and 8.71:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #88AFA3 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #88AFA3 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is cadetblue (#5F9EA0) at a CIE76 distance of 13.03, which is visibly different.

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