#68AED8#68AED8

#68AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.094 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AED8
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -10.44, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 29.89, 249.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0518 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.094 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2351, 38.1703, 70.5686)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AED8 #D89268

analogous

#68D8CA #68AED8 #6876D8

triadic

#68AED8 #D868AE #AED868

tetradic

#68AED8 #CA68D8 #D89268 #76D868

square

#68AED8 #CA68D8 #D89268 #76D868

split-complementary

#68AED8 #D86876 #D8CA68

monochromatic

#29719D #3794CB #68AED8 #99C8E5 #C9E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#68AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#68AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AED8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AED8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.094 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6e4',
    500: '#68aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aed8;
$custom-light: #9ac6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AED8

secondary

#E2C9BA

accent

#5E1FC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AED8

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

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