#685977

Color #685977

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.68 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#685977

RGB

rgb(104, 89, 119)

HSL

hsl(270, 14.4%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 25.2%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.6%, 25.2%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(40.28, 12.44, -14.71)

LCH

lch(40.28, 19.26, 310.22)

OKLCH

oklch(49%, 0.0504, 307.26)

HWB

hwb(270, 34.9%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#687759

Analogous

#595977

#685977

#775977

Triadic

#685977

#776859

#597768

Split-complementary

#685977

#777759

#597759

Tetradic

#685977

#775968

#687759

#597768

Square

#685977

#775959

#687759

#597777

Shades

Color #685977 mixed toward black.

#574a63

#453b4f

#342d3c

#231e28

#110f14

Tints

Color #685977 mixed toward white.

#816f93

#9a8ca9

#b4a9be

#cdc5d4

#e6e2e9

Tones

Color #685977 mixed toward gray.

#685c75

#685e72

#686170

#68636d

#68666b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626271 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#63646f · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#676b6a · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685977;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685977]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#685977 (#685977) is rgb(104, 89, 119) in RGB.

No, #685977 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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