#686b7a

Color #686b7a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.76 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#686b7a

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 122)

HSL

hsl(230, 8%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 14.8%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(45.45, 2.18, -8.71)

LCH

lch(45.45, 8.98, 284.05)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0238, 276.53)

HWB

hwb(230, 40.8%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a7768

Analogous

#68747a

#686b7a

#6e687a

Triadic

#686b7a

#7a686b

#6b7a68

Split-complementary

#686b7a

#7a6e68

#747a68

Tetradic

#686b7a

#77687a

#7a7768

#6b7a68

Square

#686b7a

#7a6874

#7a7768

#687a6e

Shades

Color #686b7a mixed toward black.

#575966

#454751

#34353d

#232429

#111214

Tints

Color #686b7a mixed toward white.

#7f8292

#999ba8

#b2b4be

#cccdd3

#e5e6e9

Tones

Color #686b7a mixed toward gray.

#696c78

#6b6d77

#6c6e75

#6e6f74

#6f7072

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.97:1

White text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696977 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#696976 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#687473 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b7a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#686b7a (#686b7a) is rgb(104, 107, 122) in RGB.

No, #686b7a 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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