#68ABC4#68ABC4

#68ABC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.077 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68ABC4
RGB	rgb(104, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -14.55, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 24.24, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0556 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.077 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2320, 36.0521, 57.5795)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68ABC4 #C48168

analogous

#68C4AF #68ABC4 #687DC4

triadic

#68ABC4 #C468AB #ABC468

tetradic

#68ABC4 #AF68C4 #C48168 #7DC468

square

#68ABC4 #AF68C4 #C48168 #7DC468

split-complementary

#68ABC4 #C4687D #C4AF68

monochromatic

#326B80 #438FAC #68ABC4 #94C3D5 #C0DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#68ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#68ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68ABC4

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68ABC4	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.077 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c4d6',
    500: '#68abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68abc4;
$custom-light: #98c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.304,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.07722,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68ABC4

secondary

#D6BCB2

accent

#7754D4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #68ABC4

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

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