#68AECD#68AECD

#68AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.084 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AECD
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -13.62, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 26.36, 238.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0557 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.084 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8604, 37.6204, 63.3283)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AECD #CD8768

analogous

#68CDBA #68AECD #687BCD

triadic

#68AECD #CD68AE #AECD68

tetradic

#68AECD #BA68CD #CD8768 #7BCD68

square

#68AECD #BA68CD #CD8768 #7BCD68

split-complementary

#68AECD #CD687B #CDBA68

monochromatic

#2E6F8C #3E94BA #68AECD #96C7DC #C4DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#68AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#68AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AECD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AECD	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.084 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6dc',
    500: '#68aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aecd;
$custom-light: #99c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.416,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.08378,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AECD

secondary

#DCC1B5

accent

#5628BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AECD

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

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