#68C9EC#68C9EC

#68C9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.104 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68C9EC
RGB	rgb(104, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -18.85, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 32.11, 234.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0745 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.104 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7300, 50.7686, 86.9408)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68C9EC #EC8B68

analogous

#68ECCD #68C9EC #6887EC

triadic

#68C9EC #EC68C9 #C9EC68

tetradic

#68C9EC #CD68EC #EC8B68 #87EC68

square

#68C9EC #CD68EC #EC8B68 #87EC68

split-complementary

#68C9EC #EC6887 #ECCD68

monochromatic

#1894C1 #32B6E5 #68C9EC #9EDCF3 #D5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#68C9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#68C9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68C9EC

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68C9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68C9EC	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68c9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.104 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dd9f2',
    500: '#68c9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68c9ec;
$custom-light: #9dd9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68c9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79012,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68C9EC

secondary

#C05C39

accent

#420CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #68C9EC

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

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