What color is #687B78?

#687B78 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Underwater World. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #687B78?

The RGB value is 104, 123, 120: 104 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #687B78?

The complementary color is #7B686B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #687B78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 and white text 4.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#687B78 color

#687B78 rgb(104, 123, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #687B78 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 40.8% red, 48.2% green and 47.1% blue (104, 123, 120).

Its hue angle is 171°, with 8% saturation and 45% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 52% black.

The closest named color is Underwater World (#657F7A), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.69:1).

#687B78 color codes

HEX	`#687B78`
RGB	`rgb(104, 123, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(40.8%, 48.2%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(171, 8%, 45%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(171, 15%, 48%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(15%, 0%, 2%, 52%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.05, -7.6, -0.7)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.05, 7.64, 185.25)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(16.181, 18.465, 20.477)`
Decimal	`6847352`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #687B78, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #687B78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.69:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.47:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#687B78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.47:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.69:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #687B78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #687b78; }
.text { color: #687b78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #687b78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(104 123 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #687b78, #68757b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Smoke.

Questions

What color is #687B78?: #687B78 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Underwater World. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #687B78?: The RGB value is 104, 123, 120: 104 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #687B78?: The complementary color is #7B686B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #687B78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 and white text 4.47:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.