#888da1

Color #888da1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.53 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#888da1

RGB

rgb(136, 141, 161)

HSL

hsl(228, 11.7%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 15.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(58.84, 2.44, -11.18)

LCH

lch(58.84, 11.44, 282.31)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0304, 274.34)

HWB

hwb(228, 53.3%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a19c88

Analogous

#8899a1

#888da1

#8f88a1

Triadic

#888da1

#a1888d

#8da188

Split-complementary

#888da1

#a18f88

#99a188

Tetradic

#888da1

#9c88a1

#a19c88

#8da188

Square

#888da1

#a18899

#a19c88

#88a18f

Shades

Color #888da1 mixed toward black.

#6d738a

#575c6f

#424553

#2c2e37

#16171c

Tints

Color #888da1 mixed toward white.

#9ca0b1

#b0b3c0

#c3c6d0

#d7d9e0

#ebecef

Tones

Color #888da1 mixed toward gray.

#8a8e9f

#8c8f9d

#8e919b

#909299

#929396

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8a9c · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#8a8a9b · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#889998 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 9.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #888da1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#888da1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#888da1 (#888da1) is rgb(136, 141, 161) in RGB.

No, #888da1 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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