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#687F7E

#687f7e ≈ Xanadu

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#687f7e is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 49.8% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 50.2% black. Its hue angle is 177.39°, with 9.96% saturation and 45.29% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Xanadu (#738678), ΔE 6.69.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1963

Complementary

  1. #687f7e
  2. #7f6869

Split complementary

  1. #687f7e
  2. #7f6874
  3. #7f7268

Analogous

  1. #687f72
  2. #687f7e
  3. #68747f

Triadic

  1. #687f7e
  2. #7e687f
  3. #7f7e68

Tetradic

  1. #687f7e
  2. #68697f
  3. #7f6869
  4. #7f7e68

Square

  1. #687f7e
  2. #72687f
  3. #7f6869
  4. #747f68

Monochromatic

  1. #232b2b
  2. #465554
  3. #687f7e
  4. #90a4a3
  5. #bac6c6

Shades

#687f7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #687f7e
  2. #5e7271
  3. #536665
  4. #495958
  5. #3e4c4c
  6. #34403f
  7. #2a3332
  8. #1f2626
  9. #151919
  10. #0a0d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#687f7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #687f7e
  2. #778c8b
  3. #869998
  4. #95a5a5
  5. #a4b2b2
  6. #b4bfbf
  7. #c3cccb
  8. #d2d9d8
  9. #e1e5e5
  10. #f0f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#687f7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #687f7e
  2. #6a7f7e
  3. #6d7f7e
  4. #6f7f7f
  5. #727f7f
  6. #74807f
  7. #76807f
  8. #79807f
  9. #7b8080
  10. #7e8080
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #747c7c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c7d7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #77797e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #61807f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #757e7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #727b7e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #64807e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-687f7e {
  color: #687f7e;
}
Background
.bg-687f7e {
  background-color: #687f7e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-687f7e {
  border: 2px solid #687f7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #687f7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 127 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 10% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-687f7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #687f7e, #68747f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-687f7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 127 126 / 0.35);
}

#738678 Xanadu ΔE 6.69 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.07 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 10.07 #808080 Gray ΔE 10.26 #808080 Grey ΔE 10.26 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 10.41 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.02 #978081 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Xanadu
#687f7e  rgb(104, 127, 126)  hsl(177, 10%, 45%)  Xanadu
#7f6869  rgb(127, 104, 105)  hsl(357, 10%, 45%)  Old Lavender
#7e687f  rgb(126, 104, 127)  hsl(297, 10%, 45%)  Old Lavender
#7f7e68  rgb(127, 126, 104)  hsl(57, 10%, 45%)  Xanadu