#68ABD8#68ABD8

#68ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.095 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68ABD8
RGB	rgb(104, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -8.81, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 30.61, 253.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0484 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.095 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6620, 37.0241, 70.3776)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68ABD8 #D89568

analogous

#68D8CD #68ABD8 #6873D8

triadic

#68ABD8 #D868AB #ABD868

tetradic

#68ABD8 #CD68D8 #D89568 #73D868

square

#68ABD8 #CD68D8 #D89568 #73D868

split-complementary

#68ABD8 #D86873 #D8CD68

monochromatic

#296E9D #3790CB #68ABD8 #99C6E5 #C9E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#68ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#68ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68ABD8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68ABD8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.095 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac4e4',
    500: '#68abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68abd8;
$custom-light: #9ac4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.107,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71418,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68ABD8

secondary

#E2CABA

accent

#621FC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #68ABD8

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

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