#68AEE3#68AEE3

#68AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AEE3
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -7.18, -33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.13, 257.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0481 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.105 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7051, 38.7583, 78.3104)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AEE3 #E39D68

analogous

#68E3DB #68AEE3 #6870E3

triadic

#68AEE3 #E368AE #AEE368

tetradic

#68AEE3 #DB68E3 #E39D68 #70E368

square

#68AEE3 #DB68E3 #E39D68 #70E368

split-complementary

#68AEE3 #E36870 #E3DB68

monochromatic

#2172B0 #3492D9 #68AEE3 #9CCAED #CFE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#68AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#68AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AEE3

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AEE3	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DBBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc6ec',
    500: '#68aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aee3;
$custom-light: #9bc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.854,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AEE3

secondary

#E8D1BE

accent

#6615D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AEE3

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

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