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#686A8A

#686a8a ≈ Old Lavender

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#686a8a is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 41.57% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.64% cyan, 23.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 236.47°, with 14.05% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Lavender (#796878), ΔE 9.51.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1509

Complementary

  1. #686a8a
  2. #8a8868

Split complementary

  1. #686a8a
  2. #8a7768
  3. #7b8a68

Analogous

  1. #687b8a
  2. #686a8a
  3. #77688a

Triadic

  1. #686a8a
  2. #8a686a
  3. #6a8a68

Tetradic

  1. #686a8a
  2. #88688a
  3. #8a8868
  4. #6a8a68

Square

  1. #686a8a
  2. #8a687b
  3. #8a8868
  4. #688a77

Monochromatic

  1. #262733
  2. #47485e
  3. #686a8a
  4. #9293ad
  5. #bdbece

Shades

#686a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #686a8a
  2. #5e5f7c
  3. #53556e
  4. #494a61
  5. #3e4053
  6. #343545
  7. #2a2a37
  8. #1f2029
  9. #15151c
  10. #0a0b0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#686a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #686a8a
  2. #777996
  3. #8688a1
  4. #9597ad
  5. #a4a6b9
  6. #b4b5c5
  7. #c3c3d0
  8. #d2d2dc
  9. #e1e1e8
  10. #f0f0f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#686a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #686a8a
  2. #6a6c89
  3. #6d6e88
  4. #6f7187
  5. #727386
  6. #747585
  7. #767784
  8. #797983
  9. #7b7c82
  10. #7e7e81
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6c6c6c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b6b79 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #616d8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #606b89 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #607075 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #646c8b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #636b89 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #636d7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-686a8a {
  color: #686a8a;
}
Background
.bg-686a8a {
  background-color: #686a8a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-686a8a {
  border: 2px solid #686a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #686a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 106 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 14% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-686a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #686a8a, #77688a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-686a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 106 138 / 0.35);
}

#796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.51 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 11.96 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 12.66 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 12.66 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 13.52 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 13.59 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 13.77 #979575 Inverted #6c6c6c Grayscale 

Old Lavender
#686a8a  rgb(104, 106, 138)  hsl(236, 14%, 47%)  Old Lavender
#8a8868  rgb(138, 136, 104)  hsl(56, 14%, 47%)  Moss Green
#8a686a  rgb(138, 104, 106)  hsl(356, 14%, 47%)  Copper Rose
#6a8a68  rgb(106, 138, 104)  hsl(116, 14%, 47%)  Xanadu