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#88A49D

#88a49d ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#88a49d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 64.31% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.07% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.27% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 13.33% saturation and 58.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 8.64.

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Relative luminance0.3422

Complementary

  1. #88a49d
  2. #a4888f

Split complementary

  1. #88a49d
  2. #a4889d
  3. #a48f88

Analogous

  1. #88a48f
  2. #88a49d
  3. #889da4

Triadic

  1. #88a49d
  2. #9d88a4
  3. #a49d88

Tetradic

  1. #88a49d
  2. #888fa4
  3. #a4888f
  4. #a49d88

Square

  1. #88a49d
  2. #8f88a4
  3. #a4888f
  4. #9da488

Monochromatic

  1. #40534e
  2. #617f77
  3. #88a49d
  4. #b3c5c1
  5. #dfe6e4

Shades

#88a49d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #88a49d
  2. #7a948d
  3. #6d837e
  4. #5f736e
  5. #52625e
  6. #44524f
  7. #36423f
  8. #29312f
  9. #1b211f
  10. #0e1010
  11. #000000

Tints

#88a49d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #88a49d
  2. #94ada7
  3. #a0b6b1
  4. #acbfba
  5. #b8c8c4
  6. #c4d2ce
  7. #cfdbd8
  8. #dbe4e2
  9. #e7edeb
  10. #f3f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#88a49d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #88a49d
  2. #87a09a
  3. #869d97
  4. #869994
  5. #859691
  6. #84928f
  7. #838e8c
  8. #828b89
  9. #828786
  10. #818483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96a09e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a09d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9c9e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81a5a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a29d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a09d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84a5a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-88a49d {
  color: #88a49d;
}
Background
.bg-88a49d {
  background-color: #88a49d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-88a49d {
  border: 2px solid #88a49d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #88a49d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 164 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 13% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-88a49d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #88a49d, #889da4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-88a49d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 164 157 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.64 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.84 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.00 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.60 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 12.57 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 12.57 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 12.58 #775b62 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#88a49d  rgb(136, 164, 157)  hsl(165, 13%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a4888f  rgb(164, 136, 143)  hsl(345, 13%, 59%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9d88a4  rgb(157, 136, 164)  hsl(285, 13%, 59%)  Rose Quartz
#a49d88  rgb(164, 157, 136)  hsl(45, 13%, 59%)  Dark Gray