#88B5EF#88B5EF

#88B5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.097 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88B5EF
RGB	rgb(136, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -0.16, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 33.60, 269.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0249 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.097 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2521, 44.5114, 88.0098)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88B5EF #EFC288

analogous

#88E9EF #88B5EF #8E88EF

triadic

#88B5EF #EF88B5 #B5EF88

tetradic

#88B5EF #EF88E9 #EFC288 #88EF8E

square

#88B5EF #EF88E9 #EFC288 #88EF8E

split-complementary

#88B5EF #EF8E88 #E9EF88

monochromatic

#1E72DF #5293E8 #88B5EF #BED7F6 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#88B5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#88B5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88B5EF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88B5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88B5EF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88b5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.097 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcbf4',
    500: '#88b5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88b5ef;
$custom-light: #afcbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88b5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.786,
    "s": 76.296,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76301,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88B5EF

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#800DD8

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #88B5EF

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

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