#68BDEF#68BDEF

#68BDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.109 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68BDEF
RGB	rgb(104, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -11.69, -32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 34.68, 250.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0605 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.109 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4807, 45.5667, 88.3593)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68BDEF #EF9A68

analogous

#68EFDD #68BDEF #687AEF

triadic

#68BDEF #EF68BD #BDEF68

tetradic

#68BDEF #DD68EF #EF9A68 #7AEF68

square

#68BDEF #DD68EF #EF9A68 #7AEF68

split-complementary

#68BDEF #EF687A #EFDD68

monochromatic

#1585C7 #31A5E9 #68BDEF #9FD5F5 #D7EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#68BDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#68BDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68BDEF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68BDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68BDEF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68bdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.109 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd0f4',
    500: '#68bdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68bdef;
$custom-light: #9dd0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68bdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 80.838,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76442,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68BDEF

secondary

#EFD4C4

accent

#5708DD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #68BDEF

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

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