#686965

Color #686965

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.44 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#686965

RGB

rgb(104, 105, 101)

HSL

hsl(75, 1.9%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75, 3.8%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1%, 0%, 3.8%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(44.21, -1.2, 2.11)

LCH

lch(44.21, 2.43, 119.63)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0064, 118.18)

HWB

hwb(75, 39.6%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#666569

Analogous

#696865

#686965

#666965

Triadic

#686965

#656869

#696568

Split-complementary

#686965

#656669

#686569

Tetradic

#686965

#656966

#666569

#696568

Square

#686965

#656968

#666569

#696566

Shades

Color #686965 mixed toward black.

#575754

#454643

#343433

#232322

#111111

Tints

Color #686965 mixed toward white.

#82837e

#9b9c98

#b4b4b2

#cdcdcb

#e6e6e5

Tones

Color #686965 mixed toward gray.

#686965

#686866

#676866

#676767

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.8:1

White text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686866 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#686866 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#686767 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 2.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686965;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686965]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#686965 (#686965) is rgb(104, 105, 101) in RGB.

No, #686965 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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