#685f7e

Color #685f7e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 17.33 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#685f7e

RGB

rgb(104, 95, 126)

HSL

hsl(257.4, 14%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.4, 24.6%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.5%, 24.6%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(42.21, 10.41, -16.03)

LCH

lch(42.21, 19.11, 303)

OKLCH

oklch(50.6%, 0.0496, 297.91)

HWB

hwb(257.4, 37.3%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#757e5f

Analogous

#5f657e

#685f7e

#775f7e

Triadic

#685f7e

#7e685f

#5f7e68

Split-complementary

#685f7e

#7e775f

#657e5f

Tetradic

#685f7e

#7e5f75

#757e5f

#5f7e68

Square

#685f7e

#7e5f65

#757e5f

#5f7e77

Shades

Color #685f7e mixed toward black.

#574f69

#453f54

#342f3f

#23202a

#111015

Tints

Color #685f7e mixed toward white.

#7f7697

#9991ac

#b2adc1

#ccc8d6

#e5e4ea

Tones

Color #685f7e mixed toward gray.

#69627b

#6a6479

#6b6776

#6c6974

#6d6c71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646477 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#656576 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#687271 · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685f7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685f7e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#685f7e (#685f7e) is rgb(104, 95, 126) in RGB.

No, #685f7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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