#686c90

Color #686c90

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 14.7 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#686c90

RGB

rgb(104, 108, 144)

HSL

hsl(234, 16.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234, 27.8%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 25%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(46.55, 7.05, -20.17)

LCH

lch(46.55, 21.37, 289.27)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0564, 279.4)

HWB

hwb(234, 40.8%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#908c68

Analogous

#688090

#686c90

#786890

Triadic

#686c90

#90686c

#6c9068

Split-complementary

#686c90

#907868

#809068

Tetradic

#686c90

#8c6890

#908c68

#6c9068

Square

#686c90

#906880

#908c68

#689078

Shades

Color #686c90 mixed toward black.

#575a78

#454860

#343648

#232430

#111218

Tints

Color #686c90 mixed toward white.

#8084a3

#9a9cb6

#b3b5c8

#ccceda

#e6e6ed

Tones

Color #686c90 mixed toward gray.

#6b6f8d

#6f7189

#727486

#757783

#79797f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.14:1

White text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a88 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#6a6986 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#688280 · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686c90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686c90]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#686c90 (#686c90) is rgb(104, 108, 144) in RGB.

No, #686c90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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