#888999

Color #888999

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.98 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#888999

RGB

rgb(136, 137, 153)

HSL

hsl(236.5, 7.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.5, 11.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(57.49, 2.95, -8.62)

LCH

lch(57.49, 9.11, 288.89)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.0238, 282.87)

HWB

hwb(236.5, 53.3%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999888

Analogous

#889299

#888999

#908899

Triadic

#888999

#998889

#899988

Split-complementary

#888999

#999088

#929988

Tetradic

#888999

#988899

#999888

#899988

Square

#888999

#998892

#999888

#889990

Shades

Color #888999 mixed toward black.

#6f7082

#595a68

#43434e

#2c2d34

#16161a

Tints

Color #888999 mixed toward white.

#9c9daa

#b0b0bb

#c4c4cc

#d7d8dd

#ebebee

Tones

Color #888999 mixed toward gray.

#8a8a98

#8b8c96

#8c8d95

#8e8e93

#8f8f92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888895 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#888894 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#889292 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #888999;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#888999]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#888999 (#888999) is rgb(136, 137, 153) in RGB.

No, #888999 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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