#68BCD8#68BCD8

#68BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.091 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCD8
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -17.87, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 28.26, 230.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0677 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.091 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0821, 43.8643, 71.5176)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCD8 #D88468

analogous

#68D8BC #68BCD8 #6884D8

triadic

#68BCD8 #D868BC #BCD868

tetradic

#68BCD8 #BC68D8 #D88468 #84D868

square

#68BCD8 #BC68D8 #D88468 #84D868

split-complementary

#68BCD8 #D86884 #D8BC68

monochromatic

#29809D #37A6CB #68BCD8 #99D2E5 #C9E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#68BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#68BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCD8

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCD8	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.091 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e4',
    500: '#68bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcd8;
$custom-light: #9bd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCD8

secondary

#E2C4BA

accent

#491FC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCD8

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

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