#68AEDD#68AEDD

#68AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AEDD
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -8.97, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 31.74, 253.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0501 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.099 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8914, 38.4328, 74.0249)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AEDD #DD9768

analogous

#68DDD2 #68AEDD #6873DD

triadic

#68AEDD #DD68AE #AEDD68

tetradic

#68AEDD #D268DD #DD9768 #73DD68

square

#68AEDD #D268DD #DD9768 #73DD68

split-complementary

#68AEDD #DD6873 #DDD268

monochromatic

#2572A5 #3693D2 #68AEDD #9AC9E8 #CCE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#68AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#68AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AEDD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AEDD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6e7',
    500: '#68aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aedd;
$custom-light: #9ac6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.103,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AEDD

secondary

#E5CCBC

accent

#611ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AEDD

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

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