#68C8ED#68C8ED

#68C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.105 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68C8ED
RGB	rgb(104, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -18.05, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 32.40, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0731 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.105 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6434, 50.3622, 87.6306)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68C8ED #ED8D68

analogous

#68EDD0 #68C8ED #6886ED

triadic

#68C8ED #ED68C8 #C8ED68

tetradic

#68C8ED #D068ED #ED8D68 #86ED68

square

#68C8ED #D068ED #ED8D68 #86ED68

split-complementary

#68C8ED #ED6886 #EDD068

monochromatic

#1793C3 #31B4E6 #68C8ED #9FDCF4 #D5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#68C8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#68C8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68C8ED

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68C8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68C8ED	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.105 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd8f3',
    500: '#68c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68c8ed;
$custom-light: #9dd8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68C8ED

secondary

#C15E38

accent

#450BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #68C8ED

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

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