#686a76

Color #686a76

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-500 #71717b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686a76

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 118)

HSL

hsl(231.4, 6.3%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.4, 11.9%, 46.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 53.7%)

LAB

lab(45.02, 1.85, -6.94)

LCH

lch(45.02, 7.18, 284.93)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.0189, 278.22)

HWB

hwb(231.4, 40.8%, 53.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767468

Analogous

#687176

#686a76

#6d6876

Triadic

#686a76

#76686a

#6a7668

Split-complementary

#686a76

#766d68

#717668

Tetradic

#686a76

#746876

#767468

#6a7668

Square

#686a76

#766871

#767468

#68766d

Shades

Color #686a76 mixed toward black.

#575862

#45474f

#34353b

#232327

#111214

Tints

Color #686a76 mixed toward white.

#7f828f

#999ba5

#b2b4bc

#cccdd2

#e5e6e9

Tones

Color #686a76 mixed toward gray.

#696b75

#6a6c74

#6b6c72

#6d6d71

#6e6e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.91:1

White text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696973 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#696973 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#687170 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a76;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a76]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#686a76 (#686a76) is rgb(104, 106, 118) in RGB.

No, #686a76 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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