#88BCDE#88BCDE

#88BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.073 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88BCDE
RGB	rgb(136, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -8.53, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 23.97, 249.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0392 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.073 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3170, 46.4722, 75.8860)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88BCDE #DEAA88

analogous

#88DED5 #88BCDE #8891DE

triadic

#88BCDE #DE88BC #BCDE88

tetradic

#88BCDE #D588DE #DEAA88 #91DE88

square

#88BCDE #D588DE #DEAA88 #91DE88

split-complementary

#88BCDE #DE8891 #DED588

monochromatic

#3384B8 #58A1D1 #88BCDE #B8D7EB #E7F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#88BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#88BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88BCDE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88BCDE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.073 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0e8',
    500: '#88bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88bcde;
$custom-light: #aed0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.721,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.07317,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88BCDE

secondary

#EDDED5

accent

#6221C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FC

border

#CFD2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #88BCDE

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

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