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#889E9E

#889e9e ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#889e9e is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 61.96% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 10.19% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 9.52.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3216

Complementary

  1. #889e9e
  2. #9e8888

Split complementary

  1. #889e9e
  2. #9e8893
  3. #9e9388

Analogous

  1. #889e93
  2. #889e9e
  3. #88939e

Triadic

  1. #889e9e
  2. #9e889e
  3. #9e9e88

Tetradic

  1. #889e9e
  2. #88889e
  3. #9e8888
  4. #9e9e88

Square

  1. #889e9e
  2. #93889e
  3. #9e8888
  4. #939e88

Monochromatic

  1. #3f4e4e
  2. #627878
  3. #889e9e
  4. #b2c0c0
  5. #dce3e3

Shades

#889e9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #889e9e
  2. #7a8e8e
  3. #6d7e7e
  4. #5f6f6f
  5. #525f5f
  6. #444f4f
  7. #363f3f
  8. #292f2f
  9. #1b2020
  10. #0e1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#889e9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #889e9e
  2. #94a8a8
  3. #a0b1b1
  4. #acbbbb
  5. #b8c5c5
  6. #c4cfcf
  7. #cfd8d8
  8. #dbe2e2
  9. #e7ecec
  10. #f3f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#889e9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #889e9e
  2. #879b9b
  3. #869898
  4. #869595
  5. #859292
  6. #848f8f
  7. #838c8c
  8. #828989
  9. #828686
  10. #818383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939b9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9c9e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96989e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #82a09e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #949d9e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #919b9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #849f9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-889e9e {
  color: #889e9e;
}
Background
.bg-889e9e {
  background-color: #889e9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-889e9e {
  border: 2px solid #889e9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #889e9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 158 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 10% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-889e9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #889e9e, #88939e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-889e9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 158 158 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.52 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.44 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.44 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.82 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.86 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.97 #776161 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#889e9e  rgb(136, 158, 158)  hsl(180, 10%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#9e8888  rgb(158, 136, 136)  hsl(0, 10%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#9e889e  rgb(158, 136, 158)  hsl(300, 10%, 58%)  Rose Quartz
#9e9e88  rgb(158, 158, 136)  hsl(60, 10%, 58%)  Sage