#68B4CD#68B4CD

#68B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.084 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B4CD
RGB	rgb(104, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -16.79, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 26.07, 229.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0627 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.084 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0455, 39.9907, 63.7233)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B4CD #CD8168

analogous

#68CDB3 #68B4CD #6881CD

triadic

#68B4CD #CD68B4 #B4CD68

tetradic

#68B4CD #B368CD #CD8168 #81CD68

square

#68B4CD #B368CD #CD8168 #81CD68

split-complementary

#68B4CD #CD6881 #CDB368

monochromatic

#2E758C #3E9BBA #68B4CD #96CBDC #C4E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#68B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#68B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B4CD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B4CD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.084 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cadc',
    500: '#68b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b4cd;
$custom-light: #99cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.08352,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B4CD

secondary

#DCBFB5

accent

#4D28BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B4CD

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

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