#68B5EC#68B5EC

#68B5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B5EC
RGB	rgb(104, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -8.29, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 35.65, 256.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0529 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.111 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3675, 42.0436, 85.4866)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B5EC #EC9F68

analogous

#68ECE1 #68B5EC #6873EC

triadic

#68B5EC #EC68B5 #B5EC68

tetradic

#68B5EC #E168EC #EC9F68 #73EC68

square

#68B5EC #E168EC #EC9F68 #73EC68

split-complementary

#68B5EC #EC6873 #ECE168

monochromatic

#187BC1 #329AE5 #68B5EC #9ED0F3 #D5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#68B5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#68B5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B5EC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B5EC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccbf2',
    500: '#68b5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b5ec;
$custom-light: #9ccbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74531,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B5EC

secondary

#EDD4C3

accent

#620CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B5EC

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

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