#68BCDB#68BCDB

#68BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.093 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCDB
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -17.01, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 28.90, 233.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0665 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.093 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4735, 44.0208, 73.5789)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCDB #DB8768

analogous

#68DBC0 #68BCDB #6882DB

triadic

#68BCDB #DB68BC #BCDB68

tetradic

#68BCDB #C068DB #DB8768 #82DB68

square

#68BCDB #C068DB #DB8768 #82DB68

split-complementary

#68BCDB #DB6882 #DBC068

monochromatic

#2781A2 #37A6CF #68BCDB #99D2E7 #CBE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#68BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#68BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCDB

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCDB	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.093 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e6',
    500: '#68bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcdb;
$custom-light: #9bd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75385,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCDB

secondary

#E4C6BB

accent

#4B1CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCDB

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

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