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Recognised as Colour

#68BCA5

  • #68BCA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#68BCA5 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 188, 165 and HSL 164°, 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

#68BCA5#68BCA5
HEX#68BCA5
RGBrgb(104, 188, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7373, 0.6471
RGB percentages40.8%, 73.7%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(163.6, 38.5%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.6, 44.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK44.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,864,037
CSS custom property--colour: #68BCA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#97435A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B3A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9A9A7no 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 9.5 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 text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10Light seagreen · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.1Turquoise · ΔE 18.5Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC687F
Analogous#68BC7B, #68A9BC
Triadic#A568BC, #BCA568
Split complementary#BC68A9, #BC7B68
Tetradic#7B68BC, #BC687F, #A9BC68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FBF9
Lighter +30%#D2EBE4
Lighter +20%#AFDBCF
Lighter +10%#8BCCBA
Darker −10%#4AA78E
Darker −20%#3A8470
Darker −30%#2B6052
Darker −40%#1B3D34
More saturated +25%#4DD7B1
Less saturated −25%#83A199

Channel breakdown

R104
G188
B165
Red104 (40.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue163.57°
Saturation (HSL)38.53%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G BC · B A5

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