#686e91

Color #686e91

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.64 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#686e91

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 145)

HSL

hsl(231.2, 16.5%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.2, 28.3%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(47.16, 6.1, -19.84)

LCH

lch(47.16, 20.76, 287.09)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.0551, 276.88)

HWB

hwb(231.2, 40.8%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#918b68

Analogous

#688291

#686e91

#766891

Triadic

#686e91

#91686e

#6e9168

Split-complementary

#686e91

#917668

#829168

Tetradic

#686e91

#8b6891

#918b68

#6e9168

Square

#686e91

#916882

#918b68

#689176

Shades

Color #686e91 mixed toward black.

#575c79

#454961

#343748

#232530

#111218

Tints

Color #686e91 mixed toward white.

#8086a4

#9a9eb6

#b3b6c8

#cccedb

#e6e7ed

Tones

Color #686e91 mixed toward gray.

#6b708e

#6f738a

#727587

#767883

#797a80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.23:1

White text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b8a · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6a6a88 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#688382 · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 14.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686e91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e91]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#686e91 (#686e91) is rgb(104, 110, 145) in RGB.

No, #686e91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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