#686e84

Color #686e84

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.23 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#686e84

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 132)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 11.9%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 21.2%, 51.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 48.2%)

LAB

lab(46.66, 2.79, -12.87)

LCH

lch(46.66, 13.17, 282.23)

OKLCH

oklch(54.1%, 0.0352, 273.26)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 40.8%, 48.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#847e68

Analogous

#687c84

#686e84

#706884

Triadic

#686e84

#84686e

#6e8468

Split-complementary

#686e84

#847068

#7c8468

Tetradic

#686e84

#7e6884

#847e68

#6e8468

Square

#686e84

#84687c

#847e68

#688470

Shades

Color #686e84 mixed toward black.

#575c6e

#454958

#343742

#23252c

#111216

Tints

Color #686e84 mixed toward white.

#7f859a

#999eaf

#b2b6c3

#ccced7

#e5e7eb

Tones

Color #686e84 mixed toward gray.

#6a6f82

#6d717f

#6f727d

#71737b

#747578

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

#6b6b7f · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#6a6a7e · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#687b7a · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686e84;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e84]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#686e84 (#686e84) is rgb(104, 110, 132) in RGB.

No, #686e84 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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