#68BDDD#68BDDD

#68BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.094 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BDDD
RGB	rgb(104, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -16.96, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 29.32, 234.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0669 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.094 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9527, 44.5555, 75.0453)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BDDD #DD8868

analogous

#68DDC2 #68BDDD #6882DD

triadic

#68BDDD #DD68BD #BDDD68

tetradic

#68BDDD #C268DD #DD8868 #82DD68

square

#68BDDD #C268DD #DD8868 #82DD68

split-complementary

#68BDDD #DD6882 #DDC268

monochromatic

#2582A5 #36A7D2 #68BDDD #9AD3E8 #CCE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#68BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#68BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BDDD

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BDDD	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)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.094 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd1e7',
    500: '#68bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bddd;
$custom-light: #9bd1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BDDD

secondary

#E5C7BC

accent

#4B1ACB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FC

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BDDD

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

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