#68879c

Color #68879c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 5.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#68879c

RGB

rgb(104, 135, 156)

HSL

hsl(204.2, 20.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.2, 33.3%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(54.73, -5.65, -14.72)

LCH

lch(54.73, 15.77, 249)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0476, 238.15)

HWB

hwb(204.2, 40.8%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c7d68

Analogous

#689c97

#68879c

#686d9c

Triadic

#68879c

#9c6887

#879c68

Split-complementary

#68879c

#9c686d

#9c9768

Tetradic

#68879c

#7d689c

#9c7d68

#879c68

Square

#68879c

#97689c

#9c7d68

#6d9c68

Shades

Color #68879c mixed toward black.

#567183

#455a69

#33444f

#222d34

#11171a

Tints

Color #68879c mixed toward white.

#819bad

#9aafbd

#b4c3ce

#cdd7de

#e6ebef

Tones

Color #68879c mixed toward gray.

#6c8698

#718593

#75858f

#79848b

#7e8386

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777797 · ΔE 14.7

Deuteranopia

#757296 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#6a9393 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 12.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68879c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68879c]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#68879c (#68879c) is rgb(104, 135, 156) in RGB.

No, #68879c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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