#88AEEF#88AEEF

#88AEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88AEEF
RGB	rgb(136, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 3.72, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 36.70, 275.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0164 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.103 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8644, 41.7360, 87.5472)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88AEEF #EFC988

analogous

#88E1EF #88AEEF #9588EF

triadic

#88AEEF #EF88AE #AEEF88

tetradic

#88AEEF #EF88E1 #EFC988 #88EF95

square

#88AEEF #EF88E1 #EFC988 #88EF95

split-complementary

#88AEEF #EF9588 #E1EF88

monochromatic

#1E65DF #5289E8 #88AEEF #BED3F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#88AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#88AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88AEEF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88AEEF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc6f4',
    500: '#88aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88aeef;
$custom-light: #afc6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.864,
    "s": 76.296,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74829,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88AEEF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8D0DD8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #88AEEF

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

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