#686e7b

Color #686e7b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.53 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#686e7b

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 123)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 8.4%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 15.4%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(46.34, 0.63, -7.97)

LCH

lch(46.34, 7.99, 274.52)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0216, 265.74)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 40.8%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7568

Analogous

#68777b

#686e7b

#6b687b

Triadic

#686e7b

#7b686e

#6e7b68

Split-complementary

#686e7b

#7b6b68

#777b68

Tetradic

#686e7b

#75687b

#7b7568

#6e7b68

Square

#686e7b

#7b6877

#7b7568

#687b6b

Shades

Color #686e7b mixed toward black.

#575c67

#454952

#34373e

#232529

#111215

Tints

Color #686e7b mixed toward white.

#7f8593

#999ea9

#b2b6be

#ccced4

#e5e7e9

Tones

Color #686e7b mixed toward gray.

#6a6f79

#6b6f78

#6d7076

#6e7075

#707173

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b78 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#6a6a77 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#687675 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 6.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686e7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e7b]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#686e7b (#686e7b) is rgb(104, 110, 123) in RGB.

No, #686e7b 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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