#686c5c

Color #686c5c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#686c5c

RGB

rgb(104, 108, 92)

HSL

hsl(75, 8%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 14.8%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 14.8%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(44.86, -4.69, 8.44)

LCH

lch(44.86, 9.66, 119.06)

OKLCH

oklch(52.3%, 0.0248, 118.63)

HWB

hwb(75, 36.1%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#605c6c

Analogous

#6c685c

#686c5c

#606c5c

Triadic

#686c5c

#5c686c

#6c5c68

Split-complementary

#686c5c

#5c606c

#685c6c

Tetradic

#686c5c

#5c6c60

#605c6c

#6c5c68

Square

#686c5c

#5c6c68

#605c6c

#6c5c60

Shades

Color #686c5c mixed toward black.

#575a4d

#45483d

#34362e

#23241f

#11120f

Tints

Color #686c5c mixed toward white.

#838874

#9ca08f

#b5b8ab

#cdcfc7

#e6e7e3

Tones

Color #686c5c mixed toward gray.

#676b5d

#67695f

#666860

#656761

#656563

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.89:1

White text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a60 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#6a6961 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#686364 · ΔE 11.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686c5c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686c5c]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#686c5c (#686c5c) is rgb(104, 108, 92) in RGB.

No, #686c5c 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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