#88BCED#88BCED

#88BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.089 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88BCED
RGB	rgb(136, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -4.53, -29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 30.05, 261.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.034 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.089 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4175, 47.3124, 86.9487)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88BCED #EDB988

analogous

#88EDEC #88BCED #8889ED

triadic

#88BCED #ED88BC #BCED88

tetradic

#88BCED #EC88ED #EDB988 #89ED88

square

#88BCED #EC88ED #EDB988 #89ED88

split-complementary

#88BCED #ED8889 #EDEC88

monochromatic

#2180DA #539EE5 #88BCED #BDDAF5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#88BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#88BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88BCED

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88BCED	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.089 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd0f3',
    500: '#88bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88bced;
$custom-light: #afd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.109,
    "s": 73.723,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77706,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88BCED

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#7010D6

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #88BCED

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

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