#685f74

Color #685f74

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.5 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#685f74

RGB

rgb(104, 95, 116)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 10%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 18.1%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(41.83, 8.05, -10.53)

LCH

lch(41.83, 13.25, 307.4)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.0346, 304.52)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 37.3%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b745f

Analogous

#5f6174

#685f74

#735f74

Triadic

#685f74

#74685f

#5f7468

Split-complementary

#685f74

#74735f

#61745f

Tetradic

#685f74

#745f6b

#6b745f

#5f7468

Square

#685f74

#745f61

#6b745f

#5f7473

Shades

Color #685f74 mixed toward black.

#574f61

#453f4d

#34303a

#232027

#111013

Tints

Color #685f74 mixed toward white.

#81768f

#9a91a5

#b3adbc

#ccc8d2

#e6e4e9

Tones

Color #685f74 mixed toward gray.

#686172

#696371

#69646f

#69666d

#69686b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64646f · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#65656e · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#686c6b · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685f74;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685f74]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#685f74 (#685f74) is rgb(104, 95, 116) in RGB.

No, #685f74 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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