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#88889E

#88889e ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#88889e is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 53.33% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.92% cyan, 13.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 10.19% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2531

Complementary

  1. #88889e
  2. #9e9e88

Split complementary

  1. #88889e
  2. #9e9388
  3. #939e88

Analogous

  1. #88939e
  2. #88889e
  3. #93889e

Triadic

  1. #88889e
  2. #9e8888
  3. #889e88

Tetradic

  1. #88889e
  2. #9e889e
  3. #9e9e88
  4. #889e88

Square

  1. #88889e
  2. #9e8893
  3. #9e9e88
  4. #889e93

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3f4e
  2. #626278
  3. #88889e
  4. #b2b2c0
  5. #dcdce3

Shades

#88889e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #88889e
  2. #7a7a8e
  3. #6d6d7e
  4. #5f5f6f
  5. #52525f
  6. #44444f
  7. #36363f
  8. #29292f
  9. #1b1b20
  10. #0e0e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#88889e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #88889e
  2. #9494a8
  3. #a0a0b1
  4. #acacbb
  5. #b8b8c5
  6. #c4c4cf
  7. #cfcfd8
  8. #dbdbe2
  9. #e7e7ec
  10. #f3f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#88889e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #88889e
  2. #87879b
  3. #868698
  4. #868695
  5. #858592
  6. #84848f
  7. #83838c
  8. #828289
  9. #828286
  10. #818183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #898992 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #838a9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82899d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #848c8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85899f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85899e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #858a95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-88889e {
  color: #88889e;
}
Background
.bg-88889e {
  background-color: #88889e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-88889e {
  border: 2px solid #88889e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #88889e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 136 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 10% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-88889e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #88889e, #93889e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-88889e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 136 158 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 4.16 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.15 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.08 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.08 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.83 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.83 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.89 #777761 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#88889e  rgb(136, 136, 158)  hsl(240, 10%, 58%)  Cool Gray
#9e9e88  rgb(158, 158, 136)  hsl(60, 10%, 58%)  Sage
#9e8888  rgb(158, 136, 136)  hsl(0, 10%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#889e88  rgb(136, 158, 136)  hsl(120, 10%, 58%)  Xanadu