#888199

Color #888199

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#888199

RGB

rgb(136, 129, 153)

HSL

hsl(257.5, 10.5%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.5, 15.7%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 15.7%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(55.31, 7.55, -11.88)

LCH

lch(55.31, 14.08, 302.44)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.0366, 298.74)

HWB

hwb(257.5, 50.6%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#929981

Analogous

#818699

#888199

#948199

Triadic

#888199

#998881

#819988

Split-complementary

#888199

#999481

#869981

Tetradic

#888199

#998192

#929981

#819988

Square

#888199

#998186

#929981

#819994

Shades

Color #888199 mixed toward black.

#706982

#5a5468

#433f4e

#2d2a34

#16151a

Tints

Color #888199 mixed toward white.

#9c96aa

#b0abbb

#c4c0cc

#d7d5dd

#ebeaee

Tones

Color #888199 mixed toward gray.

#898397

#8a8595

#8b8793

#8b8991

#8c8b8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#858594 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#858692 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#888f8e · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 12

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #888199;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#888199]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#888199 (#888199) is rgb(136, 129, 153) in RGB.

No, #888199 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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