#88D5E6#88D5E6

#88D5E6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.079 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88D5E6
RGB	rgb(136, 213, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -19.46, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 25.09, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0665 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.079 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2254, 58.5325, 83.6043)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88D5E6 #E69988

analogous

#88E6C8 #88D5E6 #88A6E6

triadic

#88D5E6 #E688D5 #D5E688

tetradic

#88D5E6 #C888E6 #E69988 #A6E688

square

#88D5E6 #C888E6 #E69988 #A6E688

split-complementary

#88D5E6 #E688A6 #E6C888

monochromatic

#2AADC9 #55C3DB #88D5E6 #BBE7F1 #E6F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#88D5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#88D5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #88D5E6

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88D5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88D5E6	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88d5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 213, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.079 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe2ed',
    500: '#88d5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88d5e6;
$custom-light: #afe2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88d5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.851,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82896,
    "c": 0.07949,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88D5E6

secondary

#BF6753

accent

#3918CD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FCFD

border

#D1D5D5

text

#111516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #88D5E6

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

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