#68B8EE#68B8EE

#68B8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B8EE
RGB	rgb(104, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -9.31, -34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 35.58, 254.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0555 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.111 240)
XYZ	xyz(38.2763, 43.3937, 87.2311)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B8EE #EE9E68

analogous

#68EEE1 #68B8EE #6875EE

triadic

#68B8EE #EE68B8 #B8EE68

tetradic

#68B8EE #E168EE #EE9E68 #75EE68

square

#68B8EE #E168EE #EE9E68 #75EE68

split-complementary

#68B8EE #EE6875 #EEE168

monochromatic

#167FC5 #319EE8 #68B8EE #9FD2F4 #D6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#68B8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#68B8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B8EE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B8EE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccdf3',
    500: '#68b8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b8ee;
$custom-light: #9ccdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 79.762,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.43397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B8EE

secondary

#EED5C4

accent

#5E09DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B8EE

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

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