#68BDCE#68BDCE

#68BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.086 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BDCE
RGB	rgb(104, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -21.17, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 26.84, 217.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0727 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.086 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0428, 43.7915, 64.9865)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BDCE #CE7968

analogous

#68CEAC #68BDCE #688ACE

triadic

#68BDCE #CE68BD #BDCE68

tetradic

#68BDCE #AC68CE #CE7968 #8ACE68

square

#68BDCE #AC68CE #CE7968 #8ACE68

split-complementary

#68BDCE #CE688A #CEAC68

monochromatic

#2E7E8E #3DA7BC #68BDCE #96D1DD #C4E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#68BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#68BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BDCE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BDCE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.086 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad1dd',
    500: '#68bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bdce;
$custom-light: #9ad1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75117,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BDCE

secondary

#DCBCB6

accent

#4027BE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BDCE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →