#685ea4

Color #685ea4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#685ea4

RGB

rgb(104, 94, 164)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 27.8%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 42.7%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 42.7%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(43.7, 21.11, -36.49)

LCH

lch(43.7, 42.16, 300.05)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.1083, 288.64)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 36.9%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9aa45e

Analogous

#5e77a4

#685ea4

#8b5ea4

Triadic

#685ea4

#a4685e

#5ea468

Split-complementary

#685ea4

#a48b5e

#77a45e

Tetradic

#685ea4

#a45e9a

#9aa45e

#5ea468

Square

#685ea4

#a45e77

#9aa45e

#5ea48b

Shades

Color #685ea4 mixed toward black.

#564e89

#453e6e

#342f52

#221f37

#11101b

Tints

Color #685ea4 mixed toward white.

#8179b3

#9a94c2

#b4afd2

#cdc9e1

#e6e4f0

Tones

Color #685ea4 mixed toward gray.

#6c649e

#706a98

#757093

#79758d

#7d7b87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.73:1

White text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646497 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#646593 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#688b88 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #685ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685ea4]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#685ea4 (#685ea4) is rgb(104, 94, 164) in RGB.

No, #685ea4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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