Recognised as Colour

#888B90

#888B90
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#888B90 is a grey with RGB values 136, 139, 144 and HSL 218°, 3%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#888B90#888B90

HEX#888B90

RGBrgb(136, 139, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.5451, 0.5647

RGB percentages53.3%, 54.5%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(217.5, 3.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 5.6%, 56.5%)

CMYK5.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,948,624

CSS custom property--colour: #888B90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.14:1

Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#77746F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#898B90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#898A90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#868C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 8.5 Slate grey · ΔE 9.2 Dark grey · ΔE 11.9 Dim grey · ΔE 13.7 Silver · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.17, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#908D88

Analogous#888F90, #898890

Triadic#90888B, #8B9088

Split complementary#908988, #8F9088

Tetradic#90888F, #908D88, #889089

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2F2F2

Lighter +30%#D7D8DA

Lighter +20%#BDBEC1

Lighter +10%#A2A5A9

Darker −10%#6F7276

Darker −20%#56585C

Darker −30%#3D3F42

Darker −40%#252627

More saturated +25%#6B84AD

Less saturated −25%#8C8C8C

Channel breakdown

R136

G139

B144

Red136 (53.3%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue217.5°

Saturation (HSL)3.48%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 8B · B 90

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