#686a9b

Color #686a9b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.29 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#686a9b

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 155)

HSL

hsl(237.6, 20.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.6, 32.9%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.9%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(46.47, 11.22, -26.82)

LCH

lch(46.47, 29.07, 292.7)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.0762, 281.74)

HWB

hwb(237.6, 40.8%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9968

Analogous

#68849b

#686a9b

#80689b

Triadic

#686a9b

#9b686a

#6a9b68

Split-complementary

#686a9b

#9b8068

#849b68

Tetradic

#686a9b

#99689b

#9b9968

#6a9b68

Square

#686a9b

#9b6884

#9b9968

#689b80

Shades

Color #686a9b mixed toward black.

#565882

#454668

#34354e

#222334

#11121a

Tints

Color #686a9b mixed toward white.

#8183ac

#9a9cbc

#b4b5cd

#cdcdde

#e6e6ee

Tones

Color #686a9b mixed toward gray.

#6c6e97

#717293

#75768e

#797a8a

#7d7e86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.09:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696991 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#69698f · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#688987 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686a9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a9b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#686a9b (#686a9b) is rgb(104, 106, 155) in RGB.

No, #686a9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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