#88909f

Color #88909f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 4.99 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#88909f

RGB

rgb(136, 144, 159)

HSL

hsl(219.1, 10.7%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.1, 14.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(59.6, 0.29, -8.9)

LCH

lch(59.6, 8.9, 271.87)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.0242, 263.11)

HWB

hwb(219.1, 53.3%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9788

Analogous

#889b9f

#88909f

#8b889f

Triadic

#88909f

#9f8890

#909f88

Split-complementary

#88909f

#9f8b88

#9b9f88

Tetradic

#88909f

#97889f

#9f9788

#909f88

Square

#88909f

#9f889b

#9f9788

#889f8b

Shades

Color #88909f mixed toward black.

#6e7788

#585f6d

#424752

#2c3036

#16181b

Tints

Color #88909f mixed toward white.

#9ca2af

#b0b5bf

#c3c7cf

#d7dadf

#ebecef

Tones

Color #88909f mixed toward gray.

#8a909d

#8c919b

#8e9299

#909297

#919395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9c · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#8b8a9b · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#889998 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 7.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #88909f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88909f]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#88909f (#88909f) is rgb(136, 144, 159) in RGB.

No, #88909f 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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