#88CDEC#88CDEC

#88CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.082 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88CDEC
RGB	rgb(136, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -13.81, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 26.06, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0548 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.082 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1197, 54.9498, 87.4640)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88CDEC #ECA788

analogous

#88ECD9 #88CDEC #889BEC

triadic

#88CDEC #EC88CD #CDEC88

tetradic

#88CDEC #D988EC #ECA788 #9BEC88

square

#88CDEC #D988EC #ECA788 #9BEC88

split-complementary

#88CDEC #EC889B #ECD988

monochromatic

#229FD7 #53B7E4 #88CDEC #BDE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#88CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#88CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88CDEC

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88CDEC	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ED6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.082 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdcf2',
    500: '#88cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88cdec;
$custom-light: #afdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 72.464,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88CDEC

secondary

#C67652

accent

#4E11D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #88CDEC

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

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