All About Color #686D8D

#686D8D

About #686D8D

#686D8D is a medium blue color with the hex code #686D8D. In RGB it is red 104, green 109, blue 141; in HSL it is hue 232°, saturation 15%, lightness 48%; in CMYK it is 26%, 23%, 0%, 45%. Its contrast ratio is 5.05:1 on white and 4.16:1 on black.

#686D8D Color Conversion

Hex triplet68, 6D, 8D
CMYK26.24%, 22.70%, 0.00%, 44.71%
RGB Decimal104, 109, 141
HSL232°, 15%, 48%
RGB Octal150, 155, 215
HSV (HSB)231.89°, 26.24%, 55.29%
RGB Binary1101000, 1101101, 10001101
CIE-L*AB46.72, 5.67, -18.15
RGB Percent40.78%, 42.75%, 55.29%
CIE-L*CH46.72, 19.01, 287.34
XYZ15.99, 15.80, 27.41
CIE-L*UV46.72, -4.32, -26.77
xyY0.27, 0.27, 15.80
Hunter-Lab39.75, 2.21, -13.05
RYB40.78%, 42.51%, 55.29%

Color Accessibility Scores

#686D8D on a dark background: contrast 4.16:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#686D8D on a light background: contrast 5.05:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #686D8D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #686D8D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#686D8D · #9B9FB5 · #414458 · #8D8868 · #B5B29B

Analogous palette

#688D88 · #687F8D · #686D8D · #76688D · #88688D

Triadic palette

#686D8D · #8D686D · #6D8D68 · #9B9FB5 · #B59B9F

Tetradic palette

#686D8D · #8D687F · #8D8868 · #688D76 · #414458

Monochromatic palette

#272935 · #484B61 · #686D8D · #9296AF · #BEC1CF

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