#88BDE8#88BDE8

#88BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.083 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88BDE8
RGB	rgb(136, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -6.42, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 27.62, 256.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0369 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.083 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9116, 47.4530, 83.2265)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88BDE8 #E8B388

analogous

#88E8E3 #88BDE8 #888DE8

triadic

#88BDE8 #E888BD #BDE888

tetradic

#88BDE8 #E388E8 #E8B388 #8DE888

square

#88BDE8 #E388E8 #E8B388 #8DE888

split-complementary

#88BDE8 #E8888D #E8E388

monochromatic

#2883CE #55A1DE #88BDE8 #BBD9F2 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#88BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#88BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88BDE8

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88BDE8	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.083 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0ef',
    500: '#88bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88bde8;
$custom-light: #aed0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.875,
    "s": 67.606,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77716,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88BDE8

secondary

#F2E4D9

accent

#6916D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #88BDE8

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

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