#68AEDE#68AEDE

#68AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AEDE
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -8.67, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 32.13, 254.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0497 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.1 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0250, 38.4862, 74.7286)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AEDE #DE9868

analogous

#68DED3 #68AEDE #6873DE

triadic

#68AEDE #DE68AE #AEDE68

tetradic

#68AEDE #D368DE #DE9868 #73DE68

square

#68AEDE #D368DE #DE9868 #73DE68

split-complementary

#68AEDE #DE6873 #DED368

monochromatic

#2572A7 #3693D3 #68AEDE #9AC9E9 #CCE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#68AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#68AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AEDE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AEDE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc6e8',
    500: '#68aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aede;
$custom-light: #9bc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.407,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AEDE

secondary

#E6CDBC

accent

#621ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AEDE

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

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