#68B2CE#68B2CE

#68B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.084 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B2CE
RGB	rgb(104, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -15.46, -21.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 26.33, 234.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.06 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.084 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7658, 39.2374, 64.2275)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B2CE #CE8468

analogous

#68CEB7 #68B2CE #687FCE

triadic

#68B2CE #CE68B2 #B2CE68

tetradic

#68B2CE #B768CE #CE8468 #7FCE68

square

#68B2CE #B768CE #CE8468 #7FCE68

split-complementary

#68B2CE #CE687F #CEB768

monochromatic

#2E738E #3D99BC #68B2CE #96CADD #C4E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#68B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#68B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B2CE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B2CE	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)

#A2AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.084 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c9dd',
    500: '#68b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b2ce;
$custom-light: #99c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72588,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B2CE

secondary

#DCC0B6

accent

#5127BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B2CE

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

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