#68B9DD#68B9DD

#68B9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.095 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68B9DD
RGB	rgb(104, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -14.87, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 29.65, 239.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0624 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.095 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1041, 42.8583, 74.7625)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68B9DD #DD8C68

analogous

#68DDC6 #68B9DD #687EDD

triadic

#68B9DD #DD68B9 #B9DD68

tetradic

#68B9DD #C668DD #DD8C68 #7EDD68

square

#68B9DD #C668DD #DD8C68 #7EDD68

split-complementary

#68B9DD #DD687E #DDC668

monochromatic

#257EA5 #36A2D2 #68B9DD #9AD0E8 #CCE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#68B9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#68B9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68B9DD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68B9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68B9DD	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68b9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.095 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcee7',
    500: '#68b9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68b9dd;
$custom-light: #9bcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68b9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.09477,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68B9DD

secondary

#E5C8BC

accent

#511ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68B9DD

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

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