#68BCD6#68BCD6

#68BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.090 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCD6
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -18.43, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 27.87, 228.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0684 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.09 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8251, 43.7615, 70.1642)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCD6 #D68268

analogous

#68D6B9 #68BCD6 #6885D6

triadic

#68BCD6 #D668BC #BCD668

tetradic

#68BCD6 #B968D6 #D68268 #85D668

square

#68BCD6 #B968D6 #D68268 #85D668

split-complementary

#68BCD6 #D66885 #D6B968

monochromatic

#2A7F9A #38A7C9 #68BCD6 #98D1E3 #C8E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#68BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#68BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCD6

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCD6	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.090 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0e2',
    500: '#68bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcd6;
$custom-light: #9ad0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCD6

secondary

#E1C2B9

accent

#4721C5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCD6

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

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