#88BDCE#88BDCE

#88BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.060 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88BDCE
RGB	rgb(136, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -13.12, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 19.25, 227.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0464 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.06 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4878, 46.0835, 65.1949)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#88BDCE #CE9988

analogous

#88CEBC #88BDCE #889ACE

triadic

#88BDCE #CE88BD #BDCE88

tetradic

#88BDCE #BC88CE #CE9988 #9ACE88

square

#88BDCE #BC88CE #CE9988 #9ACE88

split-complementary

#88BDCE #CE889A #CEBC88

monochromatic

#40859C #5DA5BC #88BDCE #B3D5E0 #DFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#88BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#88BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88BDCE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88BDCE	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.060 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add1dd',
    500: '#88bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88bdce;
$custom-light: #add1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.06034,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88BDCE

secondary

#E4D3CE

accent

#5131B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #88BDCE

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

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