#88AAEE#88AAEE

#88AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.106 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88AAEE
RGB	rgb(136, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(220, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 5.68, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 38.12, 278.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0118 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.106 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9558, 40.1545, 86.5176)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88AAEE #EECC88

analogous

#88DDEE #88AAEE #9988EE

triadic

#88AAEE #EE88AA #AAEE88

tetradic

#88AAEE #EE88DD #EECC88 #88EE99

square

#88AAEE #EE88DD #EECC88 #88EE99

split-complementary

#88AAEE #EE9988 #DDEE88

monochromatic

#1F5EDC #5284E6 #88AAEE #BED0F6 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#88AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#88AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88AAEE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88AAEE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.106 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc3f3',
    500: '#88aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88aaee;
$custom-light: #afc3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88AAEE

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#940ED7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #88AAEE

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

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