#88B2E9#88B2E9

#88B2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.092 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88B2E9
RGB	rgb(136, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(214, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -0.16, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 31.95, 269.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0231 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.092 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7769, 42.9559, 83.2176)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88B2E9 #E9BF88

analogous

#88E2E9 #88B2E9 #8F88E9

triadic

#88B2E9 #E988B2 #B2E988

tetradic

#88B2E9 #E988E2 #E9BF88 #88E98F

square

#88B2E9 #E988E2 #E9BF88 #88E98F

split-complementary

#88B2E9 #E98F88 #E2E988

monochromatic

#2670D0 #5491DF #88B2E9 #BCD3F3 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#88B2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#88B2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88B2E9

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88B2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88B2E9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88b2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.092 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec8f0',
    500: '#88b2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88b2e9;
$custom-light: #aec8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88b2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.021,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75405,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88B2E9

secondary

#F2E7D9

accent

#7F15D1

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #88B2E9

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

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