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Recognised as Colour

#68B9DA

  • #68B9DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#68B9DA is a cyan with RGB values 104, 185, 218 and HSL 197°, 61%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68B9DA#68B9DA
HEX#68B9DA
RGBrgb(104, 185, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7255, 0.8549
RGB percentages40.8%, 72.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(197.4, 60.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 52.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK52.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,863,322
CSS custom property--colour: #68B9DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#974625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B6DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#1BC3C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 18.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA8968
Analogous#68DAC2, #6880DA
Triadic#DA68B9, #B9DA68
Split complementary#DA6880, #DAC268
Tetradic#C268DA, #DA8968, #80DA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F2F8
Lighter +20%#BADFEE
Lighter +10%#91CCE4
Darker −10%#3FA6D0
Darker −20%#2B8AB1
Darker −30%#216A88
Darker −40%#174A5F
More saturated +25%#51C3F2
Less saturated −25%#80AFC3

Channel breakdown

R104
G185
B218
Red104 (40.8%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue197.37°
Saturation (HSL)60.64%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G B9 · B DA

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