#68BCDA#68BCDA

#68BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.092 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCDA
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -17.30, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 28.68, 232.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0669 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.092 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3422, 43.9683, 72.8876)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCDA #DA8668

analogous

#68DABF #68BCDA #6883DA

triadic

#68BCDA #DA68BC #BCDA68

tetradic

#68BCDA #BF68DA #DA8668 #83DA68

square

#68BCDA #BF68DA #DA8668 #83DA68

split-complementary

#68BCDA #DA6883 #DABF68

monochromatic

#2780A0 #37A6CE #68BCDA #99D2E6 #CAE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#68BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#68BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCDA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCDA	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.092 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e5',
    500: '#68bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcda;
$custom-light: #9bd0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCDA

secondary

#E3C5BA

accent

#4A1DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCDA

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

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