#686a6e

Color #686a6e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.53 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#686a6e

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 110)

HSL

hsl(220, 2.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 5.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(44.77, 0.08, -2.5)

LCH

lch(44.77, 2.5, 271.83)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0067, 264.88)

HWB

hwb(220, 40.8%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6e6c68

Analogous

#686d6e

#686a6e

#69686e

Triadic

#686a6e

#6e686a

#6a6e68

Split-complementary

#686a6e

#6e6968

#6d6e68

Tetradic

#686a6e

#6c686e

#6e6c68

#6a6e68

Square

#686a6e

#6e686d

#6e6c68

#686e69

Shades

Color #686a6e mixed toward black.

#57585c

#454749

#343537

#232325

#111212

Tints

Color #686a6e mixed toward white.

#808387

#9a9b9f

#b3b4b7

#cccdcf

#e6e6e7

Tones

Color #686a6e mixed toward gray.

#696a6e

#696a6d

#6a6b6d

#6a6b6c

#6b6b6c

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

#69696d · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#69696d · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#686c6c · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 2.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a6e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a6e]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#686a6e (#686a6e) is rgb(104, 106, 110) in RGB.

No, #686a6e 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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