Information about #685E71 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#685E71 falls into the Violet Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 94, 113) — 40.8% red, 36.9% green, 44.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 7 / 0 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #685E71 reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Comet (#636373). Slightly further away sit Covert (#645977) and Bloom (#6F5B6C).

In RGB terms — rgb(104, 94, 113) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #685E71: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#685E71 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#685E71 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#685E71 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#685E71 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#685E71 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#685E71 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #685E71

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Bloom color link
Bloom

#6F5B6C

Centaurian color link
Centaurian

#6E5977

Salt Box color link
Salt Box

#696268

Smoky color link
Smoky

#605D6B

Dolphin color link
Dolphin

#6A6873

High Society color link
High Society

#695B7C

Shuttle Grey color link
Shuttle Grey

#61666B

Quarter Tuna color link
Quarter Tuna

#656A70

Half Sidewinder color link
Half Sidewinder

#6F676C

Scorpion color link
Scorpion

#6A6466

#685E71 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#685E71
  • RGB104, 94, 113
  • CMYK4, 7, 0, 56
  • CSSrgb(104, 94, 113)
  • HSL272°, 9%, 41%
  • HSL Precise271.579°, 9.179%, 40.588%
  • HSV272°, 17%, 44%
  • HSB272°, 17%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.369, 0.443)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.369, 0.443, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.369, 0.443)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Violet
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID685E71
  • DECIMAL ID6839921
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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