#686d8b

Color #686d8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.57 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#686d8b

RGB

rgb(104, 109, 139)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 14.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 25.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(46.64, 5.15, -17.07)

LCH

lch(46.64, 17.83, 286.79)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0473, 277.29)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 40.8%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8668

Analogous

#687e8b

#686d8b

#74688b

Triadic

#686d8b

#8b686d

#6d8b68

Split-complementary

#686d8b

#8b7468

#7e8b68

Tetradic

#686d8b

#86688b

#8b8668

#6d8b68

Square

#686d8b

#8b687e

#8b8668

#688b74

Shades

Color #686d8b mixed toward black.

#575b74

#45495d

#343645

#23242e

#111217

Tints

Color #686d8b mixed toward white.

#8084a0

#999db3

#b3b5c6

#ccced9

#e6e6ec

Tones

Color #686d8b mixed toward gray.

#6b6f88

#6e7185

#717382

#74757f

#76777c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.15:1

White text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a85 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6a83 · ΔE 2.7

Tritanopia

#687f7e · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686d8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686d8b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#686d8b (#686d8b) is rgb(104, 109, 139) in RGB.

No, #686d8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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