#68BAE8#68BAE8

#68BAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BAE8
RGB	rgb(104, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -12.17, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 32.91, 248.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0597 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.104 235)
XYZ	xyz(37.8279, 43.8837, 82.8052)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BAE8 #E89668

analogous

#68E8D6 #68BAE8 #687AE8

triadic

#68BAE8 #E868BA #BAE868

tetradic

#68BAE8 #D668E8 #E89668 #7AE868

square

#68BAE8 #D668E8 #E89668 #7AE868

split-complementary

#68BAE8 #E8687A #E8D668

monochromatic

#1C81B9 #33A2E0 #68BAE8 #9DD2F0 #D2EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#68BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#68BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BAE8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BAE8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cceef',
    500: '#68bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bae8;
$custom-light: #9cceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7547,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.43887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BAE8

secondary

#EBD0C1

accent

#5710D6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BAE8

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

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