#68BCDF#68BCDF

#68BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.096 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCDF
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -15.86, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 29.88, 237.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0651 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.096 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0064, 44.2340, 76.3856)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCDF #DF8B68

analogous

#68DFC7 #68BCDF #6881DF

triadic

#68BCDF #DF68BC #BCDF68

tetradic

#68BCDF #C768DF #DF8B68 #81DF68

square

#68BCDF #C768DF #DF8B68 #81DF68

split-complementary

#68BCDF #DF6881 #DFC768

monochromatic

#2482A9 #36A6D4 #68BCDF #9BD2EA #CDE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#68BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#68BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCDF

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCDF	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BC6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.096 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0e9',
    500: '#68bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bcdf;
$custom-light: #9bd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75546,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCDF

secondary

#E6C9BD

accent

#4E19CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCDF

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

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