#685a85

Color #685a85

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 23.84 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#685a85

RGB

rgb(104, 90, 133)

HSL

hsl(259.5, 19.3%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.5, 32.3%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(41.13, 15.24, -21.93)

LCH

lch(41.13, 26.71, 304.8)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.0691, 298.83)

HWB

hwb(259.5, 35.3%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77855a

Analogous

#5a6185

#685a85

#7d5a85

Triadic

#685a85

#85685a

#5a8568

Split-complementary

#685a85

#857d5a

#61855a

Tetradic

#685a85

#855a77

#77855a

#5a8568

Square

#685a85

#855a61

#77855a

#5a857d

Shades

Color #685a85 mixed toward black.

#574b6f

#453c59

#342d42

#231e2c

#110f16

Tints

Color #685a85 mixed toward white.

#7f709e

#998db2

#b2a9c5

#ccc6d8

#e5e2ec

Tones

Color #685a85 mixed toward gray.

#695e81

#6a617e

#6c657a

#6d6877

#6e6c73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62627c · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#63647a · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#677573 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 18.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685a85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685a85]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#685a85 (#685a85) is rgb(104, 90, 133) in RGB.

No, #685a85 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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