#685bb1

Color #685bb1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.01 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 11.1

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Conversions

HEX

#685bb1

RGB

rgb(104, 91, 177)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 35.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 48.6%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(43.65, 26.69, -44.22)

LCH

lch(43.65, 51.65, 301.11)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.1316, 287.93)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 35.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4b15b

Analogous

#5b79b1

#685bb1

#935bb1

Triadic

#685bb1

#b1685b

#5bb168

Split-complementary

#685bb1

#b1935b

#79b15b

Tetradic

#685bb1

#b15ba4

#a4b15b

#5bb168

Square

#685bb1

#b15b79

#a4b15b

#5bb193

Shades

Color #685bb1 mixed toward black.

#544897

#433a79

#322b5b

#221d3c

#110e1e

Tints

Color #685bb1 mixed toward white.

#8176be

#9a92cb

#b3add8

#cdc8e5

#e6e4f2

Tones

Color #685bb1 mixed toward gray.

#6d62aa

#7269a3

#77709b

#7c7894

#817f8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363a1 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#63649d · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#679490 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #685bb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685bb1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#685bb1 (#685bb1) is rgb(104, 91, 177) in RGB.

No, #685bb1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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