Recognised as Colour

#888C90

#888C90
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#888C90 is a grey with RGB values 136, 140, 144 and HSL 210°, 3%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#888C90#888C90

HEX#888C90

RGBrgb(136, 140, 144)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.549, 0.5647

RGB percentages53.3%, 54.9%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(210, 3.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210, 5.6%, 56.5%)

CMYK5.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,948,880

CSS custom property--colour: #888C90;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1

Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#77736F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B8C90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A8B90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#868D8Dno 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 text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 8.9 Slate grey · ΔE 9.6 Dark grey · ΔE 11.5 Dim grey · ΔE 13.9 Silver · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.22, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#908C88

Analogous#889090, #888890

Triadic#90888C, #8C9088

Split complementary#908888, #909088

Tetradic#908890, #908C88, #889088

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2F2F2

Lighter +30%#D7D9DA

Lighter +20%#BDBFC1

Lighter +10%#A2A6A9

Darker −10%#6F7376

Darker −20%#56595C

Darker −30%#3D4042

Darker −40%#252627

More saturated +25%#6B8CAD

Less saturated −25%#8C8C8C

Channel breakdown

R136

G140

B144

Red136 (53.3%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue210°

Saturation (HSL)3.48%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 8C · B 90

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