#68BCDD#68BCDD

#68BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.094 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCDD
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -16.44, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 29.38, 235.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0658 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.094 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7383, 44.1268, 74.9739)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCDD #DD8968

analogous

#68DDC3 #68BCDD #6881DD

triadic

#68BCDD #DD68BC #BCDD68

tetradic

#68BCDD #C368DD #DD8968 #81DD68

square

#68BCDD #C368DD #DD8968 #81DD68

split-complementary

#68BCDD #DD6881 #DDC368

monochromatic

#2581A5 #36A6D2 #68BCDD #9AD2E8 #CCE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#68BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#68BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCDD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCDD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.094 225.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75465,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCDD

secondary

#E5C7BC

accent

#4C1ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCDD

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

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