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Recognised as Colour

#68AEDA

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

#68AEDA is a blue with RGB values 104, 174, 218 and HSL 203°, 61%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68AEDA#68AEDA
HEX#68AEDA
RGBrgb(104, 174, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6824, 0.8549
RGB percentages40.8%, 68.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(203.2, 60.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.2, 52.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK52.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,860,506
CSS custom property--colour: #68AEDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#975125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AADDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA1D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#22B9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 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 text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Light slate grey · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA9468
Analogous#68DACD, #6875DA
Triadic#DA68AE, #AEDA68
Split complementary#DA6875, #DACD68
Tetradic#CD68DA, #DA9468, #75DA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F0F8
Lighter +20%#BADAEE
Lighter +10%#91C4E4
Darker −10%#3F98D0
Darker −20%#2B7DB1
Darker −30%#216088
Darker −40%#17435F
More saturated +25%#51B3F2
Less saturated −25%#80A9C3

Channel breakdown

R104
G174
B218
Red104 (40.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue203.16°
Saturation (HSL)60.64%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G AE · B DA

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