#686d6d

Color #686d6d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 2.35 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#686d6d

RGB

rgb(104, 109, 109)

HSL

hsl(180, 2.3%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 4.6%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(45.61, -1.91, -0.66)

LCH

lch(45.61, 2.02, 199.06)

OKLCH

oklch(53%, 0.0062, 196.97)

HWB

hwb(180, 40.8%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6d6868

Analogous

#686d6b

#686d6d

#686b6d

Triadic

#686d6d

#6d686d

#6d6d68

Split-complementary

#686d6d

#6d686b

#6d6b68

Tetradic

#686d6d

#68686d

#6d6868

#6d6d68

Square

#686d6d

#6b686d

#6d6868

#6b6d68

Shades

Color #686d6d mixed toward black.

#575b5b

#454949

#343737

#232424

#111212

Tints

Color #686d6d mixed toward white.

#808686

#9a9e9e

#b3b7b7

#cccfcf

#e6e7e7

Tones

Color #686d6d mixed toward gray.

#696d6d

#696c6c

#6a6b6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a6d · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#6a6a6d · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#686d6d · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 2.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686d6d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686d6d]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#686d6d (#686d6d) is rgb(104, 109, 109) in RGB.

No, #686d6d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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