#68CAE0#68CAE0

#68CAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.097 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68CAE0
RGB	rgb(104, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -22.77, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 30.13, 220.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0801 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.097 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2787, 50.5623, 78.1434)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68CAE0 #E07E68

analogous

#68E0BA #68CAE0 #688EE0

triadic

#68CAE0 #E068CA #CAE068

tetradic

#68CAE0 #BA68E0 #E07E68 #8EE068

square

#68CAE0 #BA68E0 #E07E68 #8EE068

split-complementary

#68CAE0 #E0688E #E0BA68

monochromatic

#2392AB #35B8D6 #68CAE0 #9BDCEA #CEEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#68CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#68CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68CAE0

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68CAE0	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.097 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdae9',
    500: '#68cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68cae0;
$custom-light: #9cdae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78775,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68CAE0

secondary

#AD5440

accent

#3918CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #68CAE0

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

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