#686e61

Color #686e61

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686e61

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 97)

HSL

hsl(87.7, 6.3%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(87.7, 11.8%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 11.8%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45.58, -4.91, 6.47)

LCH

lch(45.58, 8.12, 127.19)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.0212, 127.52)

HWB

hwb(87.7, 38%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#67616e

Analogous

#6e6e61

#686e61

#626e61

Triadic

#686e61

#61686e

#6e6168

Split-complementary

#686e61

#61626e

#6e616e

Tetradic

#686e61

#616e67

#67616e

#6e6168

Square

#686e61

#616e6e

#67616e

#6e6162

Shades

Color #686e61 mixed toward black.

#575c51

#454941

#343731

#232520

#111210

Tints

Color #686e61 mixed toward white.

#818979

#9ba094

#b4b8ae

#cdd0c9

#e6e7e4

Tones

Color #686e61 mixed toward gray.

#686d62

#686c63

#686b64

#686a65

#686966

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.99:1

White text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b64 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#6a6a65 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#686767 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686e61;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e61]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#686e61 (#686e61) is rgb(104, 110, 97) in RGB.

No, #686e61 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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