Information about #68657B color

#68657B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#68657B falls into the Blue Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(104, 101, 123) — 40.8% red, 39.6% green, 48.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 7 / 9 / 0 / 52. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly muted balanced grey tone, #68657B carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Dolphin (#6A6873). Slightly further away sit Mist Blue (#646D7E) and Comet (#636373).

In RGB terms — rgb(104, 101, 123) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #68657B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#68657B color variations

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

#68657B 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #68657B

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

Dolphin color link
Dolphin

#6A6873

Mist Blue color link
Mist Blue

#646D7E

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

High Society color link
High Society

#695B7C

Rum color link
Rum

#716675

Jet Gray color link
Jet Gray

#616D7E

Quarter Tuna color link
Quarter Tuna

#656A70

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Centaurian color link
Centaurian

#6E5977

Kimberly color link
Kimberly

#695D87

Pale Sky color link
Pale Sky

#636D70

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#68657B
  • RGB104, 101, 123
  • CMYK7, 9, 0, 52
  • CSSrgb(104, 101, 123)
  • HSL248°, 10%, 44%
  • HSL Precise248.182°, 9.821%, 43.922%
  • HSV248°, 18%, 48%
  • HSB248°, 18%, 48%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.396, 0.482)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.396, 0.482, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.396, 0.482)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB48.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID68657B
  • DECIMAL ID6841723
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01