#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
RGB	rgb(136, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 7.94, -38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 39.61, 281.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0062 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.109 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7440, 38.1985, 84.6722)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##88A5EC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #88A5EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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