#688a8e

Color #688a8e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#688a8e

RGB

rgb(104, 138, 142)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 15.4%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 26.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.15, -10.87, -6.02)

LCH

lch(55.15, 12.43, 208.98)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0386, 205.17)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 40.8%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e6c68

Analogous

#688e7f

#688a8e

#68778e

Triadic

#688a8e

#8e688a

#8a8e68

Split-complementary

#688a8e

#8e6877

#8e7f68

Tetradic

#688a8e

#6c688e

#8e6c68

#8a8e68

Square

#688a8e

#7f688e

#8e6c68

#778e68

Shades

Color #688a8e mixed toward black.

#577376

#455c5f

#344547

#232e2f

#111718

Tints

Color #688a8e mixed toward white.

#809ea2

#99b2b5

#b3c5c7

#ccd8da

#e6ecec

Tones

Color #688a8e mixed toward gray.

#6b878b

#6e8588

#718284

#758081

#787d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78798d · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#76748d · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#6a8c8c · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 12.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #688a8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#688a8e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#688a8e (#688a8e) is rgb(104, 138, 142) in RGB.

No, #688a8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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