#68B4E6#68B4E6

#68B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B4E6
RGB	rgb(104, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -9.55, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 33.60, 253.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0537 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.105 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3079, 41.2956, 80.9051)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B4E6 #E69A68

analogous

#68E6D9 #68B4E6 #6875E6

triadic

#68B4E6 #E668B4 #B4E668

tetradic

#68B4E6 #D968E6 #E69A68 #75E668

square

#68B4E6 #D968E6 #E69A68 #75E668

split-complementary

#68B4E6 #E66875 #E6D968

monochromatic

#1E79B6 #339ADD #68B4E6 #9DCEEF #D1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#68B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#68B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B4E6

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B4E6	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccaee',
    500: '#68b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b4e6;
$custom-light: #9ccaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74042,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B4E6

secondary

#EAD1C0

accent

#5F12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B4E6

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

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