#88898A Hex Color
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#88898a is a mid grey with a barely-there cool cast, sitting near the center of the lightness scale. That balance makes it a strong supporting tone: steady behind brighter accents, calm in UI chrome, backgrounds, and typography. Black text reads at about 6.0:1 contrast on it, enough for WCAG AA body copy. It can look flat beside pure white, so give it warmer neighbors like terracotta or mustard.
Questions about #88898a
What is #88898a in RGB, HSL and CMYK?
In RGB, #88898a is rgb(136, 137, 138), in HSL hsl(210, 1%, 54%) and in CMYK 1%, 1%, 0%, 46%.
Is #88898a a warm or cool grey?
#88898a leans cool, but only barely. Its red, green, and blue channels sit within one point of each other, so it reads as almost perfectly neutral with a faint ashy edge.
Is #88898a readable on white or black?
#88898a has a 3.50:1 contrast ratio on white and 5.99:1 on black. WCAG asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, so on white it works only for large text (24px, or 18.5px bold) and on black it works for body text. Try other pairs in the contrast checker.