#68BCE5#68BCE5

#68BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.101 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BCE5
RGB	rgb(104, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -14.12, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 31.58, 243.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0629 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.101 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8297, 44.5633, 80.7216)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BCE5 #E59168

analogous

#68E5CF #68BCE5 #687DE5

triadic

#68BCE5 #E568BC #BCE568

tetradic

#68BCE5 #CF68E5 #E59168 #7DE568

square

#68BCE5 #CF68E5 #E59168 #7DE568

split-complementary

#68BCE5 #E5687D #E5CF68

monochromatic

#1F83B4 #34A5DC #68BCE5 #9CD3EE #D0EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#68BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#68BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BCE5

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BCE5	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.101 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd0ed',
    500: '#68bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bce5;
$custom-light: #9cd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.68,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75792,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BCE5

secondary

#E9CDBF

accent

#5213D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BCE5

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

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