#68636b

Color #68636b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.55 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#68636b

RGB

rgb(104, 99, 107)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 3.9%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 7.5%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 58%)

LAB

lab(42.66, 3.63, -3.81)

LCH

lch(42.66, 5.26, 313.61)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.0139, 313.25)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 38.8%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#666b63

Analogous

#64636b

#68636b

#6b636a

Triadic

#68636b

#6b6863

#636b68

Split-complementary

#68636b

#6a6b63

#636b64

Tetradic

#68636b

#6b6366

#666b63

#636b68

Square

#68636b

#6b6463

#666b63

#636a6b

Shades

Color #68636b mixed toward black.

#575359

#454247

#343236

#232124

#111112

Tints

Color #68636b mixed toward white.

#827b85

#9b969e

#b4b0b6

#cdcace

#e6e5e7

Tones

Color #68636b mixed toward gray.

#68646a

#686569

#676668

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666669 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#666769 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#686867 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 5.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68636b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68636b]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#68636b (#68636b) is rgb(104, 99, 107) in RGB.

No, #68636b 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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