#88CAEE#88CAEE

#88CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.084 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88CAEE
RGB	rgb(136, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -11.72, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 27.00, 244.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0505 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.084 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7011, 53.6452, 88.7660)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88CAEE #EEAC88

analogous

#88EEDF #88CAEE #8897EE

triadic

#88CAEE #EE88CA #CAEE88

tetradic

#88CAEE #DF88EE #EEAC88 #97EE88

square

#88CAEE #DF88EE #EEAC88 #97EE88

split-complementary

#88CAEE #EE8897 #EEDF88

monochromatic

#1F9ADC #52B2E6 #88CAEE #BEE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#88CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#88CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88CAEE

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88CAEE	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ED4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.084 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdaf3',
    500: '#88caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88caee;
$custom-light: #afdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80772,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88CAEE

secondary

#C97C51

accent

#550ED7

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #88CAEE

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

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