#88BDEE#88BDEE

#88BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.090 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88BDEE
RGB	rgb(136, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -4.80, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 30.16, 260.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0349 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.09 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7784, 47.7997, 87.7918)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88BDEE #EEB988

analogous

#88EEEC #88BDEE #888AEE

triadic

#88BDEE #EE88BD #BDEE88

tetradic

#88BDEE #EC88EE #EEB988 #8AEE88

square

#88BDEE #EC88EE #EEB988 #8AEE88

split-complementary

#88BDEE #EE888A #EEEC88

monochromatic

#1F81DC #529FE6 #88BDEE #BEDBF6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#88BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#88BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88BDEE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88BDEE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.090 247.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77962,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88BDEE

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6F0ED7

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #88BDEE

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

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