#68747f

Color #68747f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 5.52 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#68747f

RGB

rgb(104, 116, 127)

HSL

hsl(208.7, 10%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.7, 18.1%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(48.22, -1.97, -7.55)

LCH

lch(48.22, 7.8, 255.38)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.0224, 245.73)

HWB

hwb(208.7, 40.8%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f7368

Analogous

#687f7f

#68747f

#68687f

Triadic

#68747f

#7f6874

#747f68

Split-complementary

#68747f

#7f6868

#7f7f68

Tetradic

#68747f

#73687f

#7f7368

#747f68

Square

#68747f

#7f687f

#7f7368

#687f68

Shades

Color #68747f mixed toward black.

#57616a

#454d55

#343a40

#23272a

#111315

Tints

Color #68747f mixed toward white.

#7f8b96

#99a2ab

#b2bac0

#ccd1d5

#e5e8ea

Tones

Color #68747f mixed toward gray.

#6a747d

#6c747b

#6e7479

#707477

#727475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e7c · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#6d6c7c · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#697a7a · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 6.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68747f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68747f]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#68747f (#68747f) is rgb(104, 116, 127) in RGB.

No, #68747f 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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