#685faa

Color #685faa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#685faa

RGB

rgb(104, 95, 170)

HSL

hsl(247.2, 30.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.2, 44.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.8%, 44.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(44.27, 22.21, -39.12)

LCH

lch(44.27, 44.99, 299.59)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.1155, 287.27)

HWB

hwb(247.2, 37.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1aa5f

Analogous

#5f7caa

#685faa

#8e5faa

Triadic

#685faa

#aa685f

#5faa68

Split-complementary

#685faa

#aa8e5f

#7caa5f

Tetradic

#685faa

#aa5fa1

#a1aa5f

#5faa68

Square

#685faa

#aa5f7c

#a1aa5f

#5faa8e

Shades

Color #685faa mixed toward black.

#554d90

#443d73

#332e57

#221f3a

#110f1d

Tints

Color #685faa mixed toward white.

#817ab8

#9a94c6

#b4afd5

#cdcae3

#e6e4f1

Tones

Color #685faa mixed toward gray.

#6d65a4

#726c9e

#767297

#7b7891

#807e8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64649c · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#656598 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#68908d · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 23

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #685faa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#685faa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#685faa (#685faa) is rgb(104, 95, 170) in RGB.

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

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