#88B5EE#88B5EE

#88B5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88B5EE
RGB	rgb(136, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -0.44, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 33.12, 269.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0252 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.096 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1048, 44.4525, 87.2339)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88B5EE #EEC188

analogous

#88E8EE #88B5EE #8E88EE

triadic

#88B5EE #EE88B5 #B5EE88

tetradic

#88B5EE #EE88E8 #EEC188 #88EE8E

square

#88B5EE #EE88E8 #EEC188 #88EE8E

split-complementary

#88B5EE #EE8E88 #E8EE88

monochromatic

#1F73DC #5294E6 #88B5EE #BED6F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#88B5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#88B5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88B5EE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88B5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88B5EE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88b5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbf3',
    500: '#88b5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88b5ee;
$custom-light: #afcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88b5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.529,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88B5EE

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#7F0ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #88B5EE

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

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