#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
RGBrgb(104, 184, 238)
HSLhsl(204, 80%, 67%)
HSVhsv(204, 56%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(56.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.82, -9.31, -34.34)
CIE-LCHlch(71.82, 35.58, 254.83°)
OKLaboklab(75.29% -0.0555 -0.0961)
OKLCHoklch(75.29% 0.111 240)
XYZxyz(38.2763, 43.3937, 87.2311)
Luminance0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##68B8EE1.002.179.689.68
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6821.001.001.00
##0000009.6821.001.001.00

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

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#68B8EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva