#88BDEC#88BDEC

#88BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.087 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88BDEC
RGB	rgb(136, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -5.34, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 29.30, 259.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0356 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.087 246)
XYZ	xyz(43.4862, 47.6828, 86.2529)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88BDEC #ECB788

analogous

#88ECE9 #88BDEC #888BEC

triadic

#88BDEC #EC88BD #BDEC88

tetradic

#88BDEC #E988EC #ECB788 #8BEC88

square

#88BDEC #E988EC #ECB788 #8BEC88

split-complementary

#88BDEC #EC888B #ECE988

monochromatic

#2282D7 #53A0E4 #88BDEC #BDDAF4 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#88BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#88BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88BDEC

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88BDEC	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.087 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed0f2',
    500: '#88bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88bdec;
$custom-light: #aed0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.2,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77879,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.47686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88BDEC

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#6D11D5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #88BDEC

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

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