#687f8b

Color #687f8b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 3.7 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#687f8b

RGB

rgb(104, 127, 139)

HSL

hsl(200.6, 14.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.6, 25.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(51.82, -5.43, -9.23)

LCH

lch(51.82, 10.71, 239.53)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0324, 230.76)

HWB

hwb(200.6, 40.8%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b7468

Analogous

#688b85

#687f8b

#686d8b

Triadic

#687f8b

#8b687f

#7f8b68

Split-complementary

#687f8b

#8b686d

#8b8568

Tetradic

#687f8b

#74688b

#8b7468

#7f8b68

Square

#687f8b

#85688b

#8b7468

#6d8b68

Shades

Color #687f8b mixed toward black.

#576a74

#45555d

#343f45

#232a2e

#111517

Tints

Color #687f8b mixed toward white.

#8095a0

#99aab3

#b3bfc6

#ccd4d9

#e6eaec

Tones

Color #687f8b mixed toward gray.

#6b7e88

#6e7d85

#717c82

#747b7f

#767a7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black 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

#737388 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#717088 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#698685 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #687f8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#687f8b]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#687f8b (#687f8b) is rgb(104, 127, 139) in RGB.

No, #687f8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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