#685aa9

Color #685aa9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.24 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#685aa9

RGB

rgb(104, 90, 169)

HSL

hsl(250.6, 31.5%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.6, 46.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 46.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(42.94, 25, -40.64)

LCH

lch(42.94, 47.71, 301.6)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.1218, 289.63)

HWB

hwb(250.6, 35.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba95a

Analogous

#5a74a9

#685aa9

#905aa9

Triadic

#685aa9

#a9685a

#5aa968

Split-complementary

#685aa9

#a9905a

#74a95a

Tetradic

#685aa9

#a95a9b

#9ba95a

#5aa968

Square

#685aa9

#a95a74

#9ba95a

#5aa990

Shades

Color #685aa9 mixed toward black.

#564a8e

#453b72

#342c55

#221e39

#110f1c

Tints

Color #685aa9 mixed toward white.

#8176b7

#9a91c6

#b3add4

#cdc8e2

#e6e4f1

Tones

Color #685aa9 mixed toward gray.

#6c61a2

#71679c

#756e95

#79748f

#7d7b88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.62:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62629b · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#636497 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#678e8b · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685aa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685aa9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#685aa9 (#685aa9) is rgb(104, 90, 169) in RGB.

No, #685aa9 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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