#686a6a

Color #686a6a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 0.85 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#686a6a

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 106)

HSL

hsl(180, 1%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 1.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 0%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(44.65, -0.77, -0.27)

LCH

lch(44.65, 0.82, 199.32)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0025, 196.26)

HWB

hwb(180, 40.8%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a6868

Analogous

#686a69

#686a6a

#68696a

Triadic

#686a6a

#6a686a

#6a6a68

Split-complementary

#686a6a

#6a6869

#6a6968

Tetradic

#686a6a

#68686a

#6a6868

#6a6a68

Square

#686a6a

#69686a

#6a6868

#696a68

Shades

Color #686a6a mixed toward black.

#575858

#454747

#343535

#232323

#111212

Tints

Color #686a6a mixed toward white.

#818383

#9a9c9c

#b3b5b5

#cdcece

#e6e6e6

Tones

Color #686a6a mixed toward gray.

#686a6a

#696a6a

#696969

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.86:1

White text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69696a · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#69696a · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#686a6a · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 1.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a6a]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#686a6a (#686a6a) is rgb(104, 106, 106) in RGB.

No, #686a6a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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