#68687f

Color #68687f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.1 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#68687f

RGB

rgb(104, 104, 127)

HSL

hsl(240, 10%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 18.1%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(44.77, 5.17, -12.74)

LCH

lch(44.77, 13.75, 292.09)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.036, 285.16)

HWB

hwb(240, 40.8%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7f68

Analogous

#68747f

#68687f

#74687f

Triadic

#68687f

#7f6868

#687f68

Split-complementary

#68687f

#7f7468

#747f68

Tetradic

#68687f

#7f687f

#7f7f68

#687f68

Square

#68687f

#7f6874

#7f7f68

#687f74

Shades

Color #68687f mixed toward black.

#57576a

#454555

#343440

#23232a

#111115

Tints

Color #68687f mixed toward white.

#7f7f96

#9999ab

#b2b2c0

#ccccd5

#e5e5ea

Tones

Color #68687f mixed toward gray.

#6a6a7d

#6c6c7b

#6e6e79

#707077

#727275

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.88:1

White text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68687a · ΔE 2

Deuteranopia

#686879 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#687675 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 11.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68687f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68687f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#68687f (#68687f) is rgb(104, 104, 127) in RGB.

No, #68687f 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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