#686d9c

Color #686d9c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#686d9c

RGB

rgb(104, 109, 156)

HSL

hsl(234.2, 20.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.2, 33.3%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(47.34, 9.67, -26.06)

LCH

lch(47.34, 27.8, 290.36)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.0733, 279.03)

HWB

hwb(234.2, 40.8%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9768

Analogous

#68879c

#686d9c

#7d689c

Triadic

#686d9c

#9c686d

#6d9c68

Split-complementary

#686d9c

#9c7d68

#879c68

Tetradic

#686d9c

#97689c

#9c9768

#6d9c68

Square

#686d9c

#9c6887

#9c9768

#689c7d

Shades

Color #686d9c mixed toward black.

#565a83

#454869

#33364f

#222434

#11121a

Tints

Color #686d9c mixed toward white.

#8185ad

#9a9ebd

#b4b6ce

#cdcede

#e6e7ef

Tones

Color #686d9c mixed toward gray.

#6c7198

#717493

#75788f

#797b8b

#7e7f86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.26:1

White text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a92 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6a6a90 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#688a88 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 17.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686d9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686d9c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#686d9c (#686d9c) is rgb(104, 109, 156) in RGB.

No, #686d9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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