#68AEEC#68AEEC

#68AEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68AEEC
RGB	rgb(104, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -4.45, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 37.98, 263.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0452 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.115 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9798, 39.2682, 85.0241)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68AEEC #ECA668

analogous

#68ECE8 #68AEEC #686CEC

triadic

#68AEEC #EC68AE #AEEC68

tetradic

#68AEEC #E868EC #ECA668 #6CEC68

square

#68AEEC #E868EC #ECA668 #6CEC68

split-complementary

#68AEEC #EC686C #ECE868

monochromatic

#1872C1 #3291E5 #68AEEC #9ECBF3 #D5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#68AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#68AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68AEEC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68AEEC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cc6f2',
    500: '#68aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68aeec;
$custom-light: #9cc6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68AEEC

secondary

#EDD7C3

accent

#6C0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #68AEEC

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

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