All About Color #686E8D

#686E8D

About #686E8D

#686E8D is a medium blue color with the hex code #686E8D. In RGB it is red 104, green 110, blue 141; in HSL it is hue 230°, saturation 15%, lightness 48%; in CMYK it is 26%, 22%, 0%, 45%. Its contrast ratio is 5.00:1 on white and 4.20:1 on black.

#686E8D Color Conversion

Hex triplet68, 6E, 8D
CMYK26.24%, 21.99%, 0.00%, 44.71%
RGB Decimal104, 110, 141
HSL230°, 15%, 48%
RGB Octal150, 156, 215
HSV (HSB)230.27°, 26.24%, 55.29%
RGB Binary1101000, 1101110, 10001101
CIE-L*AB47.00, 5.07, -17.72
RGB Percent40.78%, 43.14%, 55.29%
CIE-L*CH47.00, 18.43, 285.95
XYZ16.09, 16.02, 27.44
CIE-L*UV47.00, -4.75, -26.07
xyY0.27, 0.27, 16.02
Hunter-Lab40.02, 1.73, -12.64
RYB40.78%, 42.81%, 55.29%

Color Accessibility Scores

#686E8D on a dark background: contrast 4.20:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#686E8D on a light background: contrast 5.00:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #686E8D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #686E8D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#686E8D · #9BA0B5 · #414558 · #8D8768 · #B5B19B

Analogous palette

#688D87 · #68818D · #686E8D · #74688D · #87688D

Triadic palette

#686E8D · #8D686E · #6E8D68 · #9BA0B5 · #B59BA0

Tetradic palette

#686E8D · #8D6881 · #8D8768 · #688D74 · #414558

Monochromatic palette

#272935 · #484C61 · #686E8D · #9297AF · #BEC1CF

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