#686b5c

Color #686b5c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#686b5c

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 92)

HSL

hsl(72, 7.5%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72, 14%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 14%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.56, -4.11, 8.02)

LCH

lch(44.56, 9.01, 117.13)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0232, 116.34)

HWB

hwb(72, 36.1%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5c6b

Analogous

#6b665c

#686b5c

#606b5c

Triadic

#686b5c

#5c686b

#6b5c68

Split-complementary

#686b5c

#5c606b

#665c6b

Tetradic

#686b5c

#5c6b5f

#5f5c6b

#6b5c68

Square

#686b5c

#5c6b66

#5f5c6b

#6b5c60

Shades

Color #686b5c mixed toward black.

#57594d

#45473d

#34352e

#23241f

#11120f

Tints

Color #686b5c mixed toward white.

#838774

#9c9f90

#b5b7ab

#cdcfc7

#e6e7e3

Tones

Color #686b5c mixed toward gray.

#676a5d

#66685e

#666760

#656661

#646562

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.85:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696960 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#696961 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#686363 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 8.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b5c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b5c]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#686b5c (#686b5c) is rgb(104, 107, 92) in RGB.

No, #686b5c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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