#685db0

Color #685db0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#685db0

RGB

rgb(104, 93, 176)

HSL

hsl(248, 34.4%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248, 47.2%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 47.2%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(44.1, 25.18, -42.92)

LCH

lch(44.1, 49.76, 300.4)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.1271, 287.29)

HWB

hwb(248, 36.5%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b05d

Analogous

#5d7bb0

#685db0

#915db0

Triadic

#685db0

#b0685d

#5db068

Split-complementary

#685db0

#b0915d

#7bb05d

Tetradic

#685db0

#b05da5

#a5b05d

#5db068

Square

#685db0

#b05d7b

#a5b05d

#5db091

Shades

Color #685db0 mixed toward black.

#544997

#433b78

#322c5a

#211d3c

#110f1e

Tints

Color #685db0 mixed toward white.

#8178bd

#9a93ca

#b3aed7

#cdc9e5

#e6e4f2

Tones

Color #685db0 mixed toward gray.

#6d64a9

#726ba2

#77729b

#7c7994

#817f8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.78:1

White text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363a1 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#64659d · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#679390 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 23.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685db0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685db0]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#685db0 (#685db0) is rgb(104, 93, 176) in RGB.

No, #685db0 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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