#68AAD8#68AAD8

#68AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.095 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AAD8
RGB	rgb(104, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -8.27, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 30.88, 254.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0472 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.095 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4738, 36.6477, 70.3149)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AAD8 #D89668

analogous

#68D8CE #68AAD8 #6872D8

triadic

#68AAD8 #D868AA #AAD868

tetradic

#68AAD8 #CE68D8 #D89668 #72D868

square

#68AAD8 #CE68D8 #D89668 #72D868

split-complementary

#68AAD8 #D86872 #D8CE68

monochromatic

#296D9D #378FCB #68AAD8 #99C5E5 #C9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#68AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#68AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AAD8

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AAD8	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.095 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac3e4',
    500: '#68aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aad8;
$custom-light: #9ac3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AAD8

secondary

#E2CABA

accent

#641FC7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AAD8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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