#68AED5#68AED5

#68AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.091 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AED5
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -11.32, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 28.84, 246.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0528 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.091 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8508, 38.0166, 68.5447)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AED5 #D58F68

analogous

#68D5C6 #68AED5 #6878D5

triadic

#68AED5 #D568AE #AED568

tetradic

#68AED5 #C668D5 #D58F68 #78D568

square

#68AED5 #C668D5 #D58F68 #78D568

split-complementary

#68AED5 #D56878 #D5C668

monochromatic

#2A7198 #3894C8 #68AED5 #98C8E2 #C8E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#68AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#68AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AED5

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AED5	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.091 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6e2',
    500: '#68aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aed5;
$custom-light: #9ac6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.468,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71965,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AED5

secondary

#E0C7B8

accent

#5C21C4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AED5

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

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