Recognised as Colour

#68BCA4

#68BCA4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#68BCA4 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 188, 164 and HSL 163°, 39%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#68BCA4

RGBrgb(104, 188, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7373, 0.6431

RGB percentages40.8%, 73.7%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(162.9, 38.5%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.9, 44.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK44.7%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,864,036

CSS custom property--colour: #68BCA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#97435B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7B3A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9A9A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4ABEB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.8 Turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BC6880

Analogous#68BC7A, #68AABC

Triadic#A468BC, #BCA468

Split complementary#BC68AA, #BC7A68

Tetradic#7A68BC, #BC6880, #AABC68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5FBF9

Lighter +30%#D2EBE4

Lighter +20%#AFDBCF

Lighter +10%#8BCCB9

Darker −10%#4AA78C

Darker −20%#3A846F

Darker −30%#2B6051

Darker −40%#1B3D33

More saturated +25%#4DD7B0

Less saturated −25%#83A198

Channel breakdown

R104

G188

B164

Red104 (40.8%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue162.86°

Saturation (HSL)38.53%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G BC · B A4

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Colour harmonies

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