#68B5EB#68B5EB

#68B5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B5EB
RGB	rgb(104, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(205, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -8.59, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 35.26, 255.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0532 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.109 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2227, 41.9857, 84.7236)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B5EB #EB9E68

analogous

#68EBE0 #68B5EB #6874EB

triadic

#68B5EB #EB68B5 #B5EB68

tetradic

#68B5EB #E068EB #EB9E68 #74EB68

square

#68B5EB #E068EB #EB9E68 #74EB68

split-complementary

#68B5EB #EB6874 #EBE068

monochromatic

#197BBF #329BE4 #68B5EB #9ECFF2 #D4EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#68B5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#68B5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B5EB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B5EB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbf1',
    500: '#68b5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b5eb;
$custom-light: #9ccbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.733,
    "s": 76.608,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74486,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B5EB

secondary

#EDD4C2

accent

#610DD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B5EB

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

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