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Recognised as Colour

#68ACE6

  • #68ACE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68ACE6 is a blue with RGB values 104, 172, 230 and HSL 208°, 72%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68ACE6#68ACE6
HEX#68ACE6
RGBrgb(104, 172, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6745, 0.902
RGB percentages40.8%, 67.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(207.6, 71.6%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.6, 54.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK54.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,860,006
CSS custom property--colour: #68ACE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#975319

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93ADE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#02BAC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.9Steel blue · ΔE 16.1Sky blue · ΔE 20.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6A268
Analogous#68E6E1, #686DE6
Triadic#E668AC, #ACE668
Split complementary#E6686D, #E6E168
Tetradic#E168E6, #E6A268, #6DE668

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBF4FC
Lighter +20%#C0DCF4
Lighter +10%#94C4ED
Darker −10%#3C94DF
Darker −20%#217BC7
Darker −30%#1A609B
Darker −40%#124570
More saturated +25%#52AEFC
Less saturated −25%#7EAAD0

Channel breakdown

R104
G172
B230
Red104 (40.8%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue207.62°
Saturation (HSL)71.59%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G AC · B E6

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