#68B2CD#68B2CD

#68B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.083 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B2CD
RGB	rgb(104, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -15.74, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 26.10, 232.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0604 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.083 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6447, 39.1890, 63.5897)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B2CD #CD8368

analogous

#68CDB6 #68B2CD #687FCD

triadic

#68B2CD #CD68B2 #B2CD68

tetradic

#68B2CD #B668CD #CD8368 #7FCD68

square

#68B2CD #B668CD #CD8368 #7FCD68

split-complementary

#68B2CD #CD687F #CDB668

monochromatic

#2E738C #3E99BA #68B2CD #96C9DC #C4E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#68B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#68B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B2CD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B2CD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.083 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c9dc',
    500: '#68b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b2cd;
$custom-light: #99c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.08347,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B2CD

secondary

#DCBFB5

accent

#5028BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B2CD

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

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