#686f77

Color #686f77

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.8 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686f77

RGB

rgb(104, 111, 119)

HSL

hsl(212, 6.7%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212, 12.6%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(46.5, -0.89, -5.34)

LCH

lch(46.5, 5.41, 260.54)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0152, 251.57)

HWB

hwb(212, 40.8%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#777068

Analogous

#687677

#686f77

#686877

Triadic

#686f77

#77686f

#6f7768

Split-complementary

#686f77

#776868

#767768

Tetradic

#686f77

#706877

#777068

#6f7768

Square

#686f77

#776876

#777068

#687768

Shades

Color #686f77 mixed toward black.

#575c63

#454a4f

#34373b

#232528

#111214

Tints

Color #686f77 mixed toward white.

#7f878f

#999fa6

#b2b7bc

#cccfd2

#e5e7e9

Tones

Color #686f77 mixed toward gray.

#696f76

#6a6f74

#6c6f73

#6d6f72

#6e6f71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.13:1

White text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b75 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6a75 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#687473 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 4.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686f77;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686f77]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#686f77 (#686f77) is rgb(104, 111, 119) in RGB.

No, #686f77 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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