#68686e

Color #68686e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.6 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#68686e

RGB

rgb(104, 104, 110)

HSL

hsl(240, 2.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 5.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(44.19, 1.27, -3.36)

LCH

lch(44.19, 3.59, 290.71)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0094, 286.11)

HWB

hwb(240, 40.8%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e6e68

Analogous

#686b6e

#68686e

#6b686e

Triadic

#68686e

#6e6868

#686e68

Split-complementary

#68686e

#6e6b68

#6b6e68

Tetradic

#68686e

#6e686e

#6e6e68

#686e68

Square

#68686e

#6e686b

#6e6e68

#686e6b

Shades

Color #68686e mixed toward black.

#57575c

#454549

#343437

#232325

#111112

Tints

Color #68686e mixed toward white.

#808087

#9a9a9f

#b3b3b7

#cccccf

#e6e6e7

Tones

Color #68686e mixed toward gray.

#69696e

#69696d

#6a6a6d

#6a6a6c

#6b6b6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68686d · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#68686c · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#686b6b · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 3.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68686e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68686e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#68686e (#68686e) is rgb(104, 104, 110) in RGB.

No, #68686e 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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