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Recognised as Colour

#68B0EA

  • #68B0EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68B0EA is a blue with RGB values 104, 176, 234 and HSL 207°, 76%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68B0EA#68B0EA
HEX#68B0EA
RGBrgb(104, 176, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.6902, 0.9176
RGB percentages40.8%, 69%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(206.8, 75.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.8, 55.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK55.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,861,034
CSS custom property--colour: #68B0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#974F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA268
Analogous#68EAE3, #686FEA
Triadic#EA68B0, #B0EA68
Split complementary#EA686F, #EAE368
Tetradic#E368EA, #EAA268, #6FEA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF6FD
Lighter +20%#C2DFF6
Lighter +10%#95C7F0
Darker −10%#3B99E4
Darker −20%#1D80CF
Darker −30%#1764A2
Darker −40%#104876
More saturated +25%#53B2FF
Less saturated −25%#7DAED4

Channel breakdown

R104
G176
B234
Red104 (40.8%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue206.77°
Saturation (HSL)75.58%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G B0 · B EA

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