#686B6E — Beautiful Darkness Color · Hex, RGB & Palettes

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#686B6E

≈ Beautiful Darkness

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On white

5.36:1

Passes AA

On black

3.26:1

AA · large text

Best text on this color

Aa#FFFFFF(5.36:1)

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Hue210°Saturation5%Brightness43%

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Colour-blindness preview

Normal vision#686B6E

Protanopia#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia#696A6E

Tritanopia#676C6C

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Colors that go with Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Darkness is an easy neutral to build around — combine it with a single saturated accent to give a neutral scheme a focal point, plus a tint or shade of itself for depth.

Volcanic Rock#6E6B68 Acoustic Brown#6E6868 Armoury#6E6E68 Beautiful Darkness#686E6E Mercury#E9EBEC Vulcan#36383A

Closest named, CSS & systems

Colour nameBeautiful Darkness#686D70ΔE 1.2 CSS nameDimgray#696969ΔE 2.2 Web-safe#666666#666666ΔE 2.7

Pantone & RAL matches are coming soon — those libraries aren't openly licensed for redistribution.

Beautiful Darkness — meaning & where to use it

Beautiful Darkness is a rich, mid-toned neutral — calm, versatile and understated. It works well for backgrounds, typography and minimalist, editorial layouts where colour should recede. Pair it with a single saturated accent to give a neutral scheme a focal point.

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