#68C4E8#68C4E8

#68C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.101 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68C4E8
RGB	rgb(104, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -17.43, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 31.49, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0706 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.101 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0088, 48.2455, 83.5322)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68C4E8 #E88C68

analogous

#68E8CC #68C4E8 #6884E8

triadic

#68C4E8 #E868C4 #C4E868

tetradic

#68C4E8 #CC68E8 #E88C68 #84E868

square

#68C4E8 #CC68E8 #E88C68 #84E868

split-complementary

#68C4E8 #E86884 #E8CC68

monochromatic

#1C8DB9 #33AFE0 #68C4E8 #9DD9F0 #D2EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#68C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#68C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68C4E8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68C4E8	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.101 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd6ef',
    500: '#68c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68c4e8;
$custom-light: #9cd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77721,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68C4E8

secondary

#EBCDC1

accent

#4710D6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #68C4E8

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

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