Information about #685871 color

#685871 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#685871 falls into the Violet Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(104, 88, 113) — 40.8% red, 34.5% green, 44.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 10 / 0 / 56. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #685871 reads as a softly toned blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Covert (#645977). Slightly further away sit Centaurian (#6E5977) and Bloom (#6F5B6C).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(104, 88, 113)), which gives #685871 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #685871: 6.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#685871 color variations

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

#685871 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#685871 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#685871 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#685871 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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#685871 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 #685871

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

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Centaurian color link
Centaurian

#6E5977

Bloom color link
Bloom

#6F5B6C

Jupiter color link
Jupiter

#6A5177

Smoky color link
Smoky

#605D6B

High Society color link
High Society

#695B7C

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Mobster color link
Mobster

#605A67

Salt Box color link
Salt Box

#696268

Fedora color link
Fedora

#625665

Matakana color link
Matakana

#685D63

Dolphin color link
Dolphin

#6A6873

#685871 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#685871
  • RGB104, 88, 113
  • CMYK4, 10, 0, 56
  • CSSrgb(104, 88, 113)
  • HSL278°, 12%, 39%
  • HSL Precise278.4°, 12.438%, 39.412%
  • HSV278°, 22%, 44%
  • HSB278°, 22%, 44%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.345
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.345, 0.443)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.345, 0.443, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.345, 0.443)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.3%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID685871
  • DECIMAL ID6838385
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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