Recognised as Colour

#888FAB

#888FAB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#888FAB is a blue with RGB values 136, 143, 171 and HSL 228°, 17%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#888FAB#888FAB

HEX#888FAB

RGBrgb(136, 143, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.5608, 0.6706

RGB percentages53.3%, 56.1%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(228, 17.2%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228, 20.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK20.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,949,675

CSS custom property--colour: #888FAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.56:1

Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#777054

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8791ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#858FAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#809498no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.3 Slate grey · ΔE 10.3 Gray · ΔE 17.1 Dark grey · ΔE 18.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4 Steel blue · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ABA488

Analogous#88A1AB, #9388AB

Triadic#AB888F, #8FAB88

Split complementary#AB9388, #A1AB88

Tetradic#AB88A1, #ABA488, #88AB93

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2E3EA

Lighter +20%#C4C7D5

Lighter +10%#A6ABC0

Darker −10%#6A7396

Darker −20%#555C78

Darker −30%#40455A

Darker −40%#2B2E3C

More saturated +25%#6F80C4

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R136

G143

B171

Red136 (53.3%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue228°

Saturation (HSL)17.24%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 8F · B AB

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