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Recognised as Colour

#68AACE

  • #68AACE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#68AACE is a blue with RGB values 104, 170, 206 and HSL 201°, 51%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68AACE#68AACE
HEX#68AACE
RGBrgb(104, 170, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6667, 0.8078
RGB percentages40.8%, 66.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(201.2, 51%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 49.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK49.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,859,470
CSS custom property--colour: #68AACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.23:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#975531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99A8D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A9DCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#33B4B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2Light slate grey · ΔE 19.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE8C68
Analogous#68CEBF, #6877CE
Triadic#CE68AA, #AACE68
Split complementary#CE6877, #CEBF68
Tetradic#BF68CE, #CE8C68, #77CE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCEBF3
Lighter +20%#B5D5E7
Lighter +10%#8FC0DA
Darker −10%#4194C2
Darker −20%#33789D
Darker −30%#265A77
Darker −40%#1A3D50
More saturated +25%#4FB1E7
Less saturated −25%#81A3B5

Channel breakdown

R104
G170
B206
Red104 (40.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue201.18°
Saturation (HSL)51%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G AA · B CE

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