#68AECE#68AECE

#68AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.085 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AECE
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -13.33, -23.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 26.64, 239.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0554 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.085 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9815, 37.6688, 63.9660)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AECE #CE8868

analogous

#68CEBB #68AECE #687BCE

triadic

#68AECE #CE68AE #AECE68

tetradic

#68AECE #BB68CE #CE8868 #7BCE68

square

#68AECE #BB68CE #CE8868 #7BCE68

split-complementary

#68AECE #CE687B #CEBB68

monochromatic

#2E708E #3D94BC #68AECE #96C7DD #C4E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#68AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#68AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AECE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AECE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.085 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6dd',
    500: '#68aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aece;
$custom-light: #99c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AECE

secondary

#DCC2B6

accent

#5727BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AECE

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

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