#684e9f

Color #684e9f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 12.2

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Conversions

HEX

#684e9f

RGB

rgb(104, 78, 159)

HSL

hsl(259.3, 34.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.3, 50.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 50.9%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(39.4, 29.52, -40.33)

LCH

lch(39.4, 49.98, 306.2)

OKLCH

oklch(49%, 0.1268, 296.2)

HWB

hwb(259.3, 30.6%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#859f4e

Analogous

#4e5c9f

#684e9f

#914e9f

Triadic

#684e9f

#9f684e

#4e9f68

Split-complementary

#684e9f

#9f914e

#5c9f4e

Tetradic

#684e9f

#9f4e85

#859f4e

#4e9f68

Square

#684e9f

#9f4e5c

#859f4e

#4e9f91

Shades

Color #684e9f mixed toward black.

#574185

#45346a

#342750

#231a35

#110d1b

Tints

Color #684e9f mixed toward white.

#7f66b4

#9985c3

#b2a3d2

#ccc2e1

#e5e0f0

Tones

Color #684e9f mixed toward gray.

#6b5598

#6d5c92

#6f628b

#726984

#74707d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.18:1

White text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e91 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#5f618d · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#678481 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #684e9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#684e9f]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#684e9f (#684e9f) is rgb(104, 78, 159) in RGB.

No, #684e9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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