#88a5ae

Color #88a5ae

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#88a5ae

RGB

rgb(136, 165, 174)

HSL

hsl(194.2, 19%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.2, 21.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(65.9, -7.95, -7.96)

LCH

lch(65.9, 11.25, 225.04)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0347, 218.56)

HWB

hwb(194.2, 53.3%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae9188

Analogous

#88aea4

#88a5ae

#8892ae

Triadic

#88a5ae

#ae88a5

#a5ae88

Split-complementary

#88a5ae

#ae8892

#aea488

Tetradic

#88a5ae

#9188ae

#ae9188

#a5ae88

Square

#88a5ae

#a488ae

#ae9188

#92ae88

Shades

Color #88a5ae mixed toward black.

#698e99

#54727b

#3f555c

#2a393d

#151c1f

Tints

Color #88a5ae mixed toward white.

#9cb4bc

#b0c3c9

#c4d2d7

#d7e1e4

#ebf0f2

Tones

Color #88a5ae mixed toward gray.

#8ba3ab

#8ea2a8

#92a0a5

#959ea1

#989d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596ac · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#9491ab · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#8aaaaa · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 10.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #88a5ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88a5ae]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#88a5ae (#88a5ae) is rgb(136, 165, 174) in RGB.

No, #88a5ae 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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