#686e4f

Color #686e4f

A muted dark green.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.93 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#686e4f

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 79)

HSL

hsl(71.6, 16.4%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(71.6, 28.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 28.2%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45.16, -8.05, 16.57)

LCH

lch(45.16, 18.42, 115.91)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0469, 116.89)

HWB

hwb(71.6, 31%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#554f6e

Analogous

#6e654f

#686e4f

#596e4f

Triadic

#686e4f

#4f686e

#6e4f68

Split-complementary

#686e4f

#4f596e

#654f6e

Tetradic

#686e4f

#4f6e55

#554f6e

#6e4f68

Square

#686e4f

#4f6e65

#554f6e

#6e4f59

Shades

Color #686e4f mixed toward black.

#575c42

#454935

#343728

#23251a

#11120d

Tints

Color #686e4f mixed toward white.

#868d65

#9fa683

#b7bca2

#cfd2c1

#e7e9e0

Tones

Color #686e4f mixed toward gray.

#676c52

#656954

#636657

#626459

#60615c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.93:1

White text reads better on this background (5.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b58 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#6a6a5a · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#685e5f · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 14

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686e4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e4f]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Frequently asked questions

#686e4f (#686e4f) is rgb(104, 110, 79) in RGB.

No, #686e4f 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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