#686f72

Color #686f72

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 3.8 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#686f72

RGB

rgb(104, 111, 114)

HSL

hsl(198, 4.6%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198, 8.8%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(46.35, -2, -2.58)

LCH

lch(46.35, 3.26, 232.22)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.0098, 225)

HWB

hwb(198, 40.8%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#726b68

Analogous

#687270

#686f72

#686a72

Triadic

#686f72

#72686f

#6f7268

Split-complementary

#686f72

#72686a

#727068

Tetradic

#686f72

#6b6872

#726b68

#6f7268

Square

#686f72

#706872

#726b68

#6a7268

Shades

Color #686f72 mixed toward black.

#575c5f

#454a4c

#343739

#232526

#111213

Tints

Color #686f72 mixed toward white.

#80878b

#999fa2

#b3b7b9

#cccfd1

#e6e7e8

Tones

Color #686f72 mixed toward gray.

#696f71

#6a6e70

#6a6e6f

#6b6e6f

#6c6d6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b71 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#6b6a71 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#687171 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686f72;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686f72]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#686f72 (#686f72) is rgb(104, 111, 114) in RGB.

No, #686f72 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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