#88a9ae

Color #88a9ae

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.28 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#88a9ae

RGB

rgb(136, 169, 174)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 19%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 21.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.02, -10.11, -6.3)

LCH

lch(67.02, 11.91, 211.93)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.0368, 207.68)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 53.3%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae8d88

Analogous

#88aea0

#88a9ae

#8896ae

Triadic

#88a9ae

#ae88a9

#a9ae88

Split-complementary

#88a9ae

#ae8896

#aea088

Tetradic

#88a9ae

#8d88ae

#ae8d88

#a9ae88

Square

#88a9ae

#a088ae

#ae8d88

#96ae88

Shades

Color #88a9ae mixed toward black.

#699399

#54767b

#3f585c

#2a3b3d

#151d1f

Tints

Color #88a9ae mixed toward white.

#9cb7bc

#b0c6c9

#c4d4d7

#d7e2e4

#ebf1f2

Tones

Color #88a9ae mixed toward gray.

#8ba7ab

#8ea4a8

#92a2a5

#95a0a1

#989d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798ad · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#9593ad · ΔE 19.2

Tritanopia

#8aacac · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #88a9ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#88a9ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#88a9ae (#88a9ae) is rgb(136, 169, 174) in RGB.

No, #88a9ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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