#686e86

Color #686e86

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.84 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.1

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#686e86

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 134)

HSL

hsl(228, 12.6%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 22.4%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(46.73, 3.28, -13.95)

LCH

lch(46.73, 14.33, 283.23)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0382, 274.05)

HWB

hwb(228, 40.8%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868068

Analogous

#687d86

#686e86

#716886

Triadic

#686e86

#86686e

#6e8668

Split-complementary

#686e86

#867168

#7d8668

Tetradic

#686e86

#806886

#868068

#6e8668

Square

#686e86

#86687d

#868068

#688671

Shades

Color #686e86 mixed toward black.

#575c70

#454959

#343743

#23252d

#111216

Tints

Color #686e86 mixed toward white.

#7f859c

#999eb0

#b2b6c4

#ccced7

#e5e7eb

Tones

Color #686e86 mixed toward gray.

#6b7084

#6d7181

#70737f

#72747c

#75767a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.16:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b81 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6a6a7f · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#687c7b · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e86]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#686e86 (#686e86) is rgb(104, 110, 134) in RGB.

No, #686e86 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #686e86, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast