All About Color #686E5E

#686E5E

About #686E5E

#686E5E is a medium gray color with the hex code #686E5E. In RGB it is red 104, green 110, blue 94; in HSL it is hue 83°, saturation 8%, lightness 40%; in CMYK it is 5%, 0%, 15%, 57%. Its contrast ratio is 5.28:1 on white and 3.98:1 on black.

#686E5E Color Conversion

Hex triplet68, 6E, 5E
CMYK5.45%, 0.00%, 14.55%, 56.86%
RGB Decimal104, 110, 94
HSL83°, 8%, 40%
RGB Octal150, 156, 136
HSV (HSB)82.50°, 14.55%, 43.14%
RGB Binary1101000, 1101110, 1011110
CIE-L*AB45.50, -5.48, 8.15
RGB Percent40.78%, 43.14%, 36.86%
CIE-L*CH45.50, 9.82, 123.89
XYZ13.31, 14.90, 12.76
CIE-L*UV45.50, -2.60, 11.33
xyY0.32, 0.36, 14.90
Hunter-Lab38.60, -6.04, 7.42
RYB36.86%, 43.14%, 39.22%

Color Accessibility Scores

#686E5E on a dark background: contrast 3.98:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#686E5E on a light background: contrast 5.28:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #686E5E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#686E5E · #969C8B · #393D34 · #645E6E · #928B9C

Analogous palette

#6E645E · #6E6C5E · #686E5E · #606E5E · #5E6E64

Triadic palette

#686E5E · #5E686E · #6E5E68 · #969C8B · #8B969C

Tetradic palette

#686E5E · #5E6E6C · #645E6E · #6E5E60 · #393D34

Monochromatic palette

#1A1C17 · #41453B · #686E5E · #8E9583 · #B4B9AC

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