#686384

Color #686384

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.43 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#686384

RGB

rgb(104, 99, 132)

HSL

hsl(249.1, 14.3%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.1, 25%, 51.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.2%, 25%, 0%, 48.2%)

LAB

lab(43.55, 9.44, -17.6)

LCH

lch(43.55, 19.97, 298.21)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0519, 291.37)

HWB

hwb(249.1, 38.8%, 48.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f8463

Analogous

#636f84

#686384

#796384

Triadic

#686384

#846863

#638468

Split-complementary

#686384

#847963

#6f8463

Tetradic

#686384

#84637f

#7f8463

#638468

Square

#686384

#84636f

#7f8463

#638479

Shades

Color #686384 mixed toward black.

#57526e

#454258

#343142

#23212c

#111016

Tints

Color #686384 mixed toward white.

#7f7a9b

#9995af

#b2afc3

#cccad7

#e5e4eb

Tones

Color #686384 mixed toward gray.

#6a6681

#6c697f

#6e6b7c

#706e79

#727176

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.71:1

White text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#66667d · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#66677b · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#687776 · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 14.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686384;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686384]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#686384 (#686384) is rgb(104, 99, 132) in RGB.

No, #686384 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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