#68B5CD#68B5CD

#68B5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.084 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B5CD
RGB	rgb(104, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -17.31, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 26.08, 228.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0639 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.084 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2481, 40.3959, 63.7909)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B5CD #CD8068

analogous

#68CDB2 #68B5CD #6882CD

triadic

#68B5CD #CD68B5 #B5CD68

tetradic

#68B5CD #B268CD #CD8068 #82CD68

square

#68B5CD #B268CD #CD8068 #82CD68

split-complementary

#68B5CD #CD6882 #CDB268

monochromatic

#2E768C #3E9DBA #68B5CD #96CCDC #C4E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#68B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#68B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B5CD

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B5CD	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.084 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cbdc',
    500: '#68b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b5cd;
$custom-light: #99cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.257,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73237,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B5CD

secondary

#DCBEB5

accent

#4B28BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B5CD

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

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