#688683

Color #688683

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#688683

RGB

rgb(104, 134, 131)

HSL

hsl(174, 12.6%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 22.4%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(53.63, -11.27, -1.88)

LCH

lch(53.63, 11.43, 189.47)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.0344, 188.7)

HWB

hwb(174, 40.8%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#86686b

Analogous

#688674

#688683

#687a86

Triadic

#688683

#836886

#868368

Split-complementary

#688683

#86687a

#867468

Tetradic

#688683

#686b86

#86686b

#868368

Square

#688683

#746886

#86686b

#7a8668

Shades

Color #688683 mixed toward black.

#57706d

#455957

#344342

#232d2c

#111616

Tints

Color #688683 mixed toward white.

#7f9c99

#99b0ae

#b2c4c2

#ccd7d6

#e5ebeb

Tones

Color #688683 mixed toward gray.

#6b8481

#6d817f

#707f7d

#727c7b

#757a79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767684 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#747284 · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#6a8484 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #688683;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#688683]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#688683 (#688683) is rgb(104, 134, 131) in RGB.

No, #688683 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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