#68B8DD#68B8DD

#68B8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.095 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B8DD
RGB	rgb(104, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -14.34, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 29.77, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0613 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.095 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8957, 42.4414, 74.6930)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B8DD #DD8D68

analogous

#68DDC7 #68B8DD #687DDD

triadic

#68B8DD #DD68B8 #B8DD68

tetradic

#68B8DD #C768DD #DD8D68 #7DDD68

square

#68B8DD #C768DD #DD8D68 #7DDD68

split-complementary

#68B8DD #DD687D #DDC768

monochromatic

#257DA5 #36A1D2 #68B8DD #9ACFE8 #CCE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#68B8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#68B8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B8DD

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B8DD	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.095 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcde7',
    500: '#68b8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b8dd;
$custom-light: #9bcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.974,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B8DD

secondary

#E5C9BC

accent

#521ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B8DD

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

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