#68BCDE#68BCDE

#68BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.095 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCDE
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -16.15, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 29.63, 236.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0654 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.095 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8720, 44.1802, 75.6776)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCDE #DE8A68

analogous

#68DEC5 #68BCDE #6881DE

triadic

#68BCDE #DE68BC #BCDE68

tetradic

#68BCDE #C568DE #DE8A68 #81DE68

square

#68BCDE #C568DE #DE8A68 #81DE68

split-complementary

#68BCDE #DE6881 #DEC568

monochromatic

#2581A7 #36A6D3 #68BCDE #9AD2E9 #CCE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#68BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#68BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCDE

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCDE	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.095 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e8',
    500: '#68bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcde;
$custom-light: #9bd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCDE

secondary

#E6C8BC

accent

#4D1ACC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCDE

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

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