#686a73

Color #686a73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#686a73

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 115)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 5%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 9.6%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(44.93, 1.17, -5.28)

LCH

lch(44.93, 5.41, 282.49)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.0143, 276.03)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 40.8%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#737168

Analogous

#686f73

#686a73

#6b6873

Triadic

#686a73

#73686a

#6a7368

Split-complementary

#686a73

#736b68

#6f7368

Tetradic

#686a73

#716873

#737168

#6a7368

Square

#686a73

#73686f

#737168

#68736b

Shades

Color #686a73 mixed toward black.

#575860

#45474d

#343539

#232326

#111213

Tints

Color #686a73 mixed toward white.

#80828c

#999ba3

#b3b4ba

#cccdd1

#e6e6e8

Tones

Color #686a73 mixed toward gray.

#696a72

#6a6b71

#6b6c70

#6c6c6f

#6c6d6e

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

#696971 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#696970 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#686f6f · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 4.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a73]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#686a73 (#686a73) is rgb(104, 106, 115) in RGB.

No, #686a73 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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