#686883

Color #686883

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.26 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#686883

RGB

rgb(104, 104, 131)

HSL

hsl(240, 11.5%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 20.6%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(44.92, 6.15, -14.92)

LCH

lch(44.92, 16.14, 292.4)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.0422, 284.83)

HWB

hwb(240, 40.8%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#838368

Analogous

#687683

#686883

#766883

Triadic

#686883

#836868

#688368

Split-complementary

#686883

#837668

#768368

Tetradic

#686883

#836883

#838368

#688368

Square

#686883

#836876

#838368

#688376

Shades

Color #686883 mixed toward black.

#57576d

#454557

#343442

#23232c

#111116

Tints

Color #686883 mixed toward white.

#7f7f9a

#9999ae

#b2b2c2

#ccccd6

#e5e5eb

Tones

Color #686883 mixed toward gray.

#6a6a81

#6d6d7f

#6f6f7c

#71717a

#737378

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68687d · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#68687c · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#687877 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 12.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686883;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686883]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#686883 (#686883) is rgb(104, 104, 131) in RGB.

No, #686883 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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