Information about #686B66 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#686B66 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 107, 102) — 40.8% red, 42% green, 40% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 2 / 58. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #686B66 reads as a quiet, subdued grey and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dim Gray (#696969). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Chicane (#686765) and Granite Gray (#676767).

In RGB terms — rgb(104, 107, 102) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #686B66: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #686B66 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#686B66 color variations

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

#686B66 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#686B66 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#686B66 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#686B66 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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#686B66 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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#66686B
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#6B6668
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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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#666B69
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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 #686B66

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

Dim Gray color link
Dim Gray

#696969

Chicane color link
Chicane

#686765

Granite Gray color link
Granite Gray

#676767

Traffic color link
Traffic

#6C6D68

Cloudy Gray color link
Cloudy Gray

#6D6968

Double Trojan color link
Double Trojan

#656664

Scarpa Flow color link
Scarpa Flow

#6B6A6C

Identity color link
Identity

#6E6767

Scorpion color link
Scorpion

#6A6466

Double Tapa color link
Double Tapa

#6A6A5F

Mid Grey color link
Mid Grey

#666A6D

Triple Stack color link
Triple Stack

#656660

#686B66 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#686B66
  • RGB104, 107, 102
  • CMYK1, 0, 2, 58
  • CSSrgb(104, 107, 102)
  • HSL96°, 2%, 41%
  • HSL Precise96°, 2.392%, 40.98%
  • HSV96°, 5%, 42%
  • HSB96°, 5%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.420, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.420, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.420, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color Family (Hue)Chartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID686B66
  • DECIMAL ID6843238
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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