#888990#888990

#888990 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.010 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888990
RGB	rgb(136, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(233, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(233, 6%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 1.04, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 4.00, 285.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0017 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.01 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1321, 25.1391, 29.9611)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888990 #908F88

analogous

#888D90 #888990 #8B8890

triadic

#888990 #908889 #899088

tetradic

#888990 #90888D #908F88 #88908B

square

#888990 #90888D #908F88 #88908B

split-complementary

#888990 #908B88 #8D9088

monochromatic

#4C4D52 #6A6B71 #888990 #A8A8AE #C7C8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#888990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#888990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888990

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888990	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.010 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaabb0',
    500: '#888990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888990;
$custom-light: #aaabb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 3.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6315,
    "c": 0.01046,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888990

secondary

#BCBBB8

accent

#A67BAD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #888990

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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