#68C4E5#68C4E5

#68C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.099 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68C4E5
RGB	rgb(104, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -18.30, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 30.80, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0717 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.099 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5863, 48.0765, 81.3071)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68C4E5 #E58968

analogous

#68E5C7 #68C4E5 #6885E5

triadic

#68C4E5 #E568C4 #C4E568

tetradic

#68C4E5 #C768E5 #E58968 #85E568

square

#68C4E5 #C768E5 #E58968 #85E568

split-complementary

#68C4E5 #E56885 #E5C768

monochromatic

#1F8CB4 #34B0DC #68C4E5 #9CD8EE #D0EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#68C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#68C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68C4E5

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68C4E5	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.099 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd6ed',
    500: '#68c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68c4e5;
$custom-light: #9cd6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.84,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77601,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68C4E5

secondary

#E9CABF

accent

#4513D3

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #68C4E5

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

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