#868696

Color #868696

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.16 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#868696

RGB

rgb(134, 134, 150)

HSL

hsl(240, 7.1%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 10.7%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(56.41, 3.32, -8.53)

LCH

lch(56.41, 9.15, 291.27)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.0239, 285.55)

HWB

hwb(240, 52.5%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969686

Analogous

#868e96

#868696

#8e8696

Triadic

#868696

#968686

#869686

Split-complementary

#868696

#968e86

#8e9686

Tetradic

#868696

#968696

#969686

#869686

Square

#868696

#96868e

#969686

#86968e

Shades

Color #868696 mixed toward black.

#6e6e7f

#585865

#42424c

#2c2c33

#161619

Tints

Color #868696 mixed toward white.

#9a9aa8

#aeaeb9

#c3c3cb

#d7d7dc

#ebebee

Tones

Color #868696 mixed toward gray.

#878795

#898993

#8a8a92

#8b8b91

#8d8d8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868692 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#868691 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#868f8f · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #868696;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#868696]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#868696 (#868696) is rgb(134, 134, 150) in RGB.

No, #868696 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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