#88A5EC#88A5EC

#88A5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#88A5EC
RGBrgb(136, 165, 236)
HSLhsl(223, 72%, 73%)
HSVhsv(223, 42%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(42.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.17, 7.94, -38.80)
CIE-LCHlch(68.17, 39.61, 281.57°)
OKLaboklab(72.82% -0.0062 -0.1085)
OKLCHoklch(72.82% 0.109 266.7)
XYZxyz(38.7440, 38.1985, 84.6722)
Luminance0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#88A5EC #ECCF88
analogous
#88D7EC #88A5EC #9D88EC
triadic
#88A5EC #EC88A5 #A5EC88
tetradic
#88A5EC #EC88D7 #ECCF88 #88EC9D
square
#88A5EC #EC88D7 #ECCF88 #88EC9D
split-complementary
#88A5EC #EC9D88 #D7EC88
monochromatic
#2257D7 #537DE4 #88A5EC #BDCDF4 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#88A5EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64
#88A5EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88A5EC
8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##88A5EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##88A5EC1.002.438.648.64
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6421.001.001.00
##0000008.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8CABEF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82A2EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#65B4BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #88a5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 266.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebff2',
    500: '#88a5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #88a5ec;
$custom-light: #aebff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#88a5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.6,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#88A5EC
secondary
#F2EBD9
accent
#9C11D5
background
#FBFBFE
surface
#F6F7FD
border
#D0D0D5
text
#111217
muted
#808185

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#88A5EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva