#686664

Color #686664

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium orange.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 1.82 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686664

RGB

rgb(104, 102, 100)

HSL

hsl(30, 2%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 3.8%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 3.8%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(43.31, 0.38, 1.4)

LCH

lch(43.31, 1.45, 74.81)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.004, 67.93)

HWB

hwb(30, 39.2%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646668

Analogous

#686464

#686664

#686864

Triadic

#686664

#646866

#666468

Split-complementary

#686664

#646868

#646468

Tetradic

#686664

#666864

#646668

#666468

Square

#686664

#646864

#646668

#686468

Shades

Color #686664 mixed toward black.

#575553

#454443

#343332

#232221

#111111

Tints

Color #686664 mixed toward white.

#82807d

#9b9997

#b4b3b1

#cdcccb

#e6e6e5

Tones

Color #686664 mixed toward gray.

#686664

#676665

#666666

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.67:1

White text reads better on this background (5.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676764 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#676765 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#686565 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 1.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686664;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686664]

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Bisque #ffe4c4

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#686664 (#686664) is rgb(104, 102, 100) in RGB.

No, #686664 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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