Color
#88bce7
#88bce7rgb(136, 188, 231)hsl(207, 66%, 72%)oklch(0.775 0.082 244.1)Colors that go with #88bce7
Charcoal, Sandy Brown and Amber lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #88bce7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sandy Brown #f4a460
complementaryshippedSandy Brown sits directly opposite #88bce7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #88bce7 in 4 real palettes, including Blueprint and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Uber's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #88bce7, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #88bce7: 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Estate, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #88bce7 in 5 real palettes, including JBL's brand system and Riot Games's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #88bce7 in 4 real palettes, including PayPal's brand system and Learning App, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #88bce7: 5 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #88bce7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #88bce7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.02:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #88bce7 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#88bce7 reads as cool, vivid, light. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #88bce7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/88bce7-9cadc4-df4e53-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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