#68B8DC#68B8DC

#68B8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.094 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B8DC
RGB	rgb(104, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -14.63, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 29.48, 240.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0617 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.094 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7628, 42.3883, 73.9934)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B8DC #DC8C68

analogous

#68DCC6 #68B8DC #687EDC

triadic

#68B8DC #DC68B8 #B8DC68

tetradic

#68B8DC #C668DC #DC8C68 #7EDC68

square

#68B8DC #C668DC #DC8C68 #7EDC68

split-complementary

#68B8DC #DC687E #DCC668

monochromatic

#267DA4 #36A1D0 #68B8DC #9ACFE8 #CBE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#68B8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#68B8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B8DC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B8DC	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.094 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcde7',
    500: '#68b8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b8dc;
$custom-light: #9bcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B8DC

secondary

#E4C8BB

accent

#521BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B8DC

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

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