#68B2E5#68B2E5

#68B2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B2E5
RGB	rgb(104, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -8.76, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 33.76, 254.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0519 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.105 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7670, 40.4379, 80.0340)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B2E5 #E59B68

analogous

#68E5D9 #68B2E5 #6873E5

triadic

#68B2E5 #E568B2 #B2E568

tetradic

#68B2E5 #D968E5 #E59B68 #73E568

square

#68B2E5 #D968E5 #E59B68 #73E568

split-complementary

#68B2E5 #E56873 #E5D968

monochromatic

#1F77B4 #3497DC #68B2E5 #9CCDEE #D0E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#68B2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#68B2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B2E5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B2E5	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc8ed',
    500: '#68b2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b2e5;
$custom-light: #9bc8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.48,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B2E5

secondary

#E9D1BF

accent

#6113D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B2E5

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

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