#686e76

Color #686e76

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.54 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686e76

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 118)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 6.3%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 11.9%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 6.8%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(46.18, -0.52, -5.22)

LCH

lch(46.18, 5.25, 264.31)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0145, 255.58)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 40.8%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767068

Analogous

#687576

#686e76

#696876

Triadic

#686e76

#76686e

#6e7668

Split-complementary

#686e76

#766968

#757668

Tetradic

#686e76

#706876

#767068

#6e7668

Square

#686e76

#766875

#767068

#687669

Shades

Color #686e76 mixed toward black.

#575c62

#45494f

#34373b

#232527

#111214

Tints

Color #686e76 mixed toward white.

#7f868f

#999ea5

#b2b6bc

#cccfd2

#e5e7e9

Tones

Color #686e76 mixed toward gray.

#696e75

#6a6e74

#6b6e72

#6d6f71

#6e6f70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b74 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#6a6a74 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#687372 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 4.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686e76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e76]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#686e76 (#686e76) is rgb(104, 110, 118) in RGB.

No, #686e76 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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