#686f85

Color #686f85

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686f85

RGB

rgb(104, 111, 133)

HSL

hsl(225.5, 12.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.5, 21.8%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(46.98, 2.44, -12.98)

LCH

lch(46.98, 13.21, 280.65)

OKLCH

oklch(54.4%, 0.0354, 271.29)

HWB

hwb(225.5, 40.8%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#857e68

Analogous

#687e85

#686f85

#706885

Triadic

#686f85

#85686f

#6f8568

Split-complementary

#686f85

#857068

#7e8568

Tetradic

#686f85

#7e6885

#857e68

#6f8568

Square

#686f85

#85687e

#857e68

#688570

Shades

Color #686f85 mixed toward black.

#575d6f

#454a59

#343843

#23252c

#111316

Tints

Color #686f85 mixed toward white.

#7f869b

#999eaf

#b2b6c3

#cccfd7

#e5e7eb

Tones

Color #686f85 mixed toward gray.

#6b7083

#6d7280

#6f737e

#72747b

#747579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.2:1

White text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b80 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#6b6a7f · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#687c7b · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 10.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686f85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686f85]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#686f85 (#686f85) is rgb(104, 111, 133) in RGB.

No, #686f85 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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