#888ab8

Color #888ab8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.06 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#888ab8

RGB

rgb(136, 138, 184)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 25.3%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 26.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 25%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(58.85, 9.61, -24.26)

LCH

lch(58.85, 26.09, 291.61)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0685, 282.39)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 53.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8b688

Analogous

#88a2b8

#888ab8

#9e88b8

Triadic

#888ab8

#b8888a

#8ab888

Split-complementary

#888ab8

#b89e88

#a2b888

Tetradic

#888ab8

#b688b8

#b8b688

#8ab888

Square

#888ab8

#b888a2

#b8b688

#88b89e

Shades

Color #888ab8 mixed toward black.

#6669a4

#505286

#3c3d64

#282943

#141421

Tints

Color #888ab8 mixed toward white.

#9c9dc4

#b0b1d0

#c3c4db

#d7d8e7

#ebebf3

Tones

Color #888ab8 mixed toward gray.

#8c8eb4

#9091b0

#9495ac

#9899a8

#9c9ca4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989ae · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#8989ac · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#88a6a4 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #888ab8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#888ab8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#888ab8 (#888ab8) is rgb(136, 138, 184) in RGB.

No, #888ab8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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