#68BCD4#68BCD4

#68BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.088 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCD4
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -18.99, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 27.52, 226.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0692 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.088 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5713, 43.6599, 68.8273)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCD4 #D48068

analogous

#68D4B6 #68BCD4 #6886D4

triadic

#68BCD4 #D468BC #BCD468

tetradic

#68BCD4 #B668D4 #D48068 #86D468

square

#68BCD4 #B668D4 #D48068 #86D468

split-complementary

#68BCD4 #D46886 #D4B668

monochromatic

#2B7F97 #38A7C6 #68BCD4 #98D1E2 #C7E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#68BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#68BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCD4

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCD4	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.088 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0e1',
    500: '#68bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcd4;
$custom-light: #9ad0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCD4

secondary

#E0C1B8

accent

#4622C3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCD4

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

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