#68CAE1#68CAE1

#68CAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.097 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68CAE1
RGB	rgb(104, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -22.49, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 30.24, 221.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0797 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.097 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4147, 50.6167, 78.8598)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68CAE1 #E17F68

analogous

#68E1BC #68CAE1 #688EE1

triadic

#68CAE1 #E168CA #CAE168

tetradic

#68CAE1 #BC68E1 #E17F68 #8EE168

square

#68CAE1 #BC68E1 #E17F68 #8EE168

split-complementary

#68CAE1 #E1688E #E1BC68

monochromatic

#2292AC #35B8D7 #68CAE1 #9BDCEB #CEEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#68CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#68CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #68CAE1

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##68CAE1	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.097 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdaea',
    500: '#68cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68cae1;
$custom-light: #9cdaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68CAE1

secondary

#AE543F

accent

#3A17CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#808384

Preview Lab

Preview with #68CAE1

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

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