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Recognised as Colour

#88909E

  • #88909E
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#88909E is a blue with RGB values 136, 144, 158 and HSL 218°, 10%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#88909E#88909E
HEX#88909E
RGBrgb(136, 144, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.5647, 0.6196
RGB percentages53.3%, 56.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(218.2, 10.2%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.2, 13.9%, 62%)
CMYK13.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,949,918
CSS custom property--colour: #88909E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#776F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C919Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8F9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#839394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 5.1Slate grey · ΔE 7.4Gray · ΔE 10.3Dark grey · ΔE 12.8Dim grey · ΔE 17.3Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E9688
Analogous#889B9E, #8B889E
Triadic#9E8890, #909E88
Split complementary#9E8B88, #9B9E88
Tetradic#9E889B, #9E9688, #889E8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F9FA
Lighter +30%#DCDFE3
Lighter +20%#C0C4CC
Lighter +10%#A4AAB5
Darker −10%#6D7686
Darker −20%#565D6A
Darker −30%#3F454E
Darker −40%#282C32
More saturated +25%#6D89B9
Less saturated −25%#939393

Channel breakdown

R136
G144
B158
Red136 (53.3%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue218.18°
Saturation (HSL)10.19%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 90 · B 9E

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