#88CDEB#88CDEB

#88CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.081 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88CDEB
RGB	rgb(136, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -14.07, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 25.80, 236.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0551 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.081 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9748, 54.8918, 86.7010)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88CDEB #EBA688

analogous

#88EBD8 #88CDEB #889BEB

triadic

#88CDEB #EB88CD #CDEB88

tetradic

#88CDEB #D888EB #EBA688 #9BEB88

square

#88CDEB #D888EB #EBA688 #9BEB88

split-complementary

#88CDEB #EB889B #EBD888

monochromatic

#249FD5 #54B7E2 #88CDEB #BCE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#88CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#88CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88CDEB

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88CDEB	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.081 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcf1',
    500: '#88cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88cdeb;
$custom-light: #afdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81313,
    "c": 0.08122,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88CDEB

secondary

#C57552

accent

#4D12D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #88CDEB

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

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