#68BDEC#68BDEC

#68BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.107 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BDEC
RGB	rgb(104, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -12.58, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 33.64, 248.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0616 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.107 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0412, 45.3909, 86.0445)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BDEC #EC9768

analogous

#68ECD9 #68BDEC #687BEC

triadic

#68BDEC #EC68BD #BDEC68

tetradic

#68BDEC #D968EC #EC9768 #7BEC68

square

#68BDEC #D968EC #EC9768 #7BEC68

split-complementary

#68BDEC #EC687B #ECD968

monochromatic

#1885C1 #32A5E5 #68BDEC #9ED5F3 #D5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#68BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#68BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BDEC

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BDEC	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.107 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd0f2',
    500: '#68bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bdec;
$custom-light: #9cd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.364,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BDEC

secondary

#EDD2C3

accent

#550CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BDEC

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

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