#88ACED#88ACED

#88ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.103 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88ACED
RGB	rgb(136, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(219, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 4.28, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 36.63, 276.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0145 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.103 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1870, 40.8514, 85.8719)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88ACED #EDC988

analogous

#88DEED #88ACED #9688ED

triadic

#88ACED #ED88AC #ACED88

tetradic

#88ACED #ED88DE #EDC988 #88ED96

square

#88ACED #ED88DE #EDC988 #88ED96

split-complementary

#88ACED #ED9688 #DEED88

monochromatic

#2163DA #5387E5 #88ACED #BDD1F5 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#88ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#88ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88ACED

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88ACED	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.103 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec4f3',
    500: '#88aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88aced;
$custom-light: #aec4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.614,
    "s": 73.723,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7432,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88ACED

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8F10D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #88ACED

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

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