#685d6f

Color #685d6f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 12.29 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#685d6f

RGB

rgb(104, 93, 111)

HSL

hsl(276.7, 8.8%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.7, 16.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(41.09, 8.15, -8.58)

LCH

lch(41.09, 11.83, 313.53)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.0312, 312.27)

HWB

hwb(276.7, 36.5%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646f5d

Analogous

#5f5d6f

#685d6f

#6f5d6d

Triadic

#685d6f

#6f685d

#5d6f68

Split-complementary

#685d6f

#6d6f5d

#5d6f5f

Tetradic

#685d6f

#6f5d64

#646f5d

#5d6f68

Square

#685d6f

#6f5f5d

#646f5d

#5d6d6f

Shades

Color #685d6f mixed toward black.

#574e5c

#453e4a

#342f37

#231f25

#111012

Tints

Color #685d6f mixed toward white.

#82748b

#9b90a2

#b4acb9

#cdc8d0

#e6e3e8

Tones

Color #685d6f mixed toward gray.

#685f6d

#67606c

#67626a

#676369

#666567

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.38:1

White text reads better on this background (6.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63636b · ΔE 7.6

Deuteranopia

#64656a · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#676867 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 11.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685d6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685d6f]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#685d6f (#685d6f) is rgb(104, 93, 111) in RGB.

No, #685d6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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