#68BCDC#68BCDC

#68BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.094 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCDC
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -16.73, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 29.14, 234.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0662 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.094 225)
XYZ	xyz(36.6055, 44.0736, 74.2743)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCDC #DC8868

analogous

#68DCC2 #68BCDC #6882DC

triadic

#68BCDC #DC68BC #BCDC68

tetradic

#68BCDC #C268DC #DC8868 #82DC68

square

#68BCDC #C268DC #DC8868 #82DC68

split-complementary

#68BCDC #DC6882 #DCC268

monochromatic

#2681A4 #36A6D0 #68BCDC #9AD2E8 #CBE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#68BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#68BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCDC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCDC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.094 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e7',
    500: '#68bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcdc;
$custom-light: #9bd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.44077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCDC

secondary

#E4C7BB

accent

#4C1BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCDC

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

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