#685857

Color #685857

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.92 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-600 #5b4f4b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#685857

RGB

rgb(104, 88, 87)

HSL

hsl(3.5, 8.9%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(3.5, 16.3%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 16.3%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(38.92, 6.35, 3.01)

LCH

lch(38.92, 7.03, 25.36)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.0212, 22.2)

HWB

hwb(3.5, 34.1%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#576768

Analogous

#68575f

#685857

#686157

Triadic

#685857

#576858

#585768

Split-complementary

#685857

#576861

#575f68

Tetradic

#685857

#676857

#576768

#585768

Square

#685857

#5f6857

#576768

#615768

Shades

Color #685857 mixed toward black.

#574949

#453b3a

#342c2c

#231d1d

#110f0f

Tints

Color #685857 mixed toward white.

#85716f

#9e8c8b

#b6a9a8

#cfc6c5

#e7e2e2

Tones

Color #685857 mixed toward gray.

#675959

#655b5a

#645c5b

#625d5d

#615e5e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616157 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#626457 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#675757 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 8.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #685857;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685857]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

#685857 (#685857) is rgb(104, 88, 87) in RGB.

No, #685857 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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