#686b76

Color #686b76

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 6.69 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#686b76

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 118)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 6.3%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 11.9%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(45.31, 1.26, -6.51)

LCH

lch(45.31, 6.63, 280.95)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.0175, 273.6)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 40.8%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767368

Analogous

#687276

#686b76

#6c6876

Triadic

#686b76

#76686b

#6b7668

Split-complementary

#686b76

#766c68

#727668

Tetradic

#686b76

#736876

#767368

#6b7668

Square

#686b76

#766872

#767368

#68766c

Shades

Color #686b76 mixed toward black.

#575962

#45474f

#34353b

#232427

#111214

Tints

Color #686b76 mixed toward white.

#7f838f

#999ca5

#b2b4bc

#cccdd2

#e5e6e9

Tones

Color #686b76 mixed toward gray.

#696c75

#6a6c74

#6b6d72

#6d6e71

#6e6e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696973 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#696973 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#687171 · ΔE 7.8

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 5.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b76]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#686b76 (#686b76) is rgb(104, 107, 118) in RGB.

No, #686b76 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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