#68BCD9#68BCD9

#68BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.092 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCD9
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -17.58, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 28.46, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0673 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.092 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2118, 43.9161, 72.2006)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCD9 #D98568

analogous

#68D9BD #68BCD9 #6884D9

triadic

#68BCD9 #D968BC #BCD968

tetradic

#68BCD9 #BD68D9 #D98568 #84D968

square

#68BCD9 #BD68D9 #D98568 #84D968

split-complementary

#68BCD9 #D96884 #D9BD68

monochromatic

#28809F #37A6CD #68BCD9 #99D2E5 #CAE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#68BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#68BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCD9

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCD9	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)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.092 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e4',
    500: '#68bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcd9;
$custom-light: #9bd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75306,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCD9

secondary

#E3C4BA

accent

#4A1EC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCD9

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

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