#686f6c

Color #686f6c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#686f6c

RGB

rgb(104, 111, 108)

HSL

hsl(154.3, 3.3%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(154.3, 6.3%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(46.17, -3.29, 0.75)

LCH

lch(46.17, 3.37, 167.16)

OKLCH

oklch(53.5%, 0.0097, 168.69)

HWB

hwb(154.3, 40.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f686b

Analogous

#686f69

#686f6c

#686f6f

Triadic

#686f6c

#6c686f

#6f6c68

Split-complementary

#686f6c

#6f686f

#6f6968

Tetradic

#686f6c

#686b6f

#6f686b

#6f6c68

Square

#686f6c

#69686f

#6f686b

#6f6f68

Shades

Color #686f6c mixed toward black.

#575d5a

#454a48

#343836

#232524

#111312

Tints

Color #686f6c mixed toward white.

#808885

#99a09d

#b3b8b6

#cccfce

#e6e7e7

Tones

Color #686f6c mixed toward gray.

#696f6c

#696e6c

#6a6d6c

#6b6c6c

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

#6b6b6d · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6a6d · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#686d6d · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 4.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686f6c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686f6c]

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Frequently asked questions

#686f6c (#686f6c) is rgb(104, 111, 108) in RGB.

No, #686f6c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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