#88859b

Color #88859b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 7.95 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#88859b

RGB

rgb(136, 133, 155)

HSL

hsl(248.2, 9.9%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.2, 14.2%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(56.46, 5.68, -11.31)

LCH

lch(56.46, 12.66, 296.67)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0329, 291.58)

HWB

hwb(248.2, 52.2%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#989b85

Analogous

#858d9b

#88859b

#93859b

Triadic

#88859b

#9b8885

#859b88

Split-complementary

#88859b

#9b9385

#8d9b85

Tetradic

#88859b

#9b8598

#989b85

#859b88

Square

#88859b

#9b858d

#989b85

#859b93

Shades

Color #88859b mixed toward black.

#6f6c84

#59576a

#43414f

#2d2b35

#16161a

Tints

Color #88859b mixed toward white.

#9c99ac

#b0aebc

#c4c2cd

#d7d6de

#ebebee

Tones

Color #88859b mixed toward gray.

#898799

#8b8997

#8c8b96

#8d8c94

#8f8e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878796 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#878795 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#889291 · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 10.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #88859b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88859b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#88859b (#88859b) is rgb(136, 133, 155) in RGB.

No, #88859b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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