#68A8E8#68A8E8

#68A8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#68A8E8
RGBrgb(104, 168, 232)
HSLhsl(210, 74%, 66%)
HSVhsv(210, 55%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(55.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.11, -2.33, -38.40)
CIE-LCHlch(67.11, 38.47, 266.52°)
OKLaboklab(71.48% -0.0399 -0.1078)
OKLCHoklch(71.48% 0.115 249.7)
XYZxyz(34.2718, 36.7716, 81.6199)
Luminance0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#68A8E8 #E8A868
analogous
#68E8E8 #68A8E8 #6868E8
triadic
#68A8E8 #E868A8 #A8E868
tetradic
#68A8E8 #E868E8 #E8A868 #68E868
square
#68A8E8 #E868E8 #E8A868 #68E868
split-complementary
#68A8E8 #E86868 #E8E868
monochromatic
#1C6BB9 #3389E0 #68A8E8 #9DC7F0 #D2E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#68A8E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36
#68A8E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68A8E8
8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##68A8E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##68A8E81.002.518.368.36
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3621.001.001.00
##0000008.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DAAEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D9EE7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #68a8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 168, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 249.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc1ef',
    500: '#68a8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #68a8e8;
$custom-light: #9bc1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#68a8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#68A8E8
secondary
#EBD6C1
accent
#7310D6
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F3F7FD
border
#CDD0D5
text
#0F1216
muted
#7F8184

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#68A8E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva