#68BAE5#68BAE5

#68BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.101 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BAE5
RGB	rgb(104, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -13.06, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 31.91, 245.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0607 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.101 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4054, 43.7147, 80.5801)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BAE5 #E59368

analogous

#68E5D1 #68BAE5 #687BE5

triadic

#68BAE5 #E568BA #BAE568

tetradic

#68BAE5 #D168E5 #E59368 #7BE568

square

#68BAE5 #D168E5 #E59368 #7BE568

split-complementary

#68BAE5 #E5687B #E5D168

monochromatic

#1F81B4 #34A2DC #68BAE5 #9CD2EE #D0EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#68BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#68BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BAE5

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BAE5	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.101 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cceed',
    500: '#68bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bae5;
$custom-light: #9cceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.64,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75342,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BAE5

secondary

#E9CEBF

accent

#5513D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BAE5

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

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