Colour

#68BCAC

#68BCAC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#68BCAC is a cyan with RGB values 104, 188, 172 and HSL 169°, 39%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#68BCAC#68BCAC

HEX#68BCAC

RGBrgb(104, 188, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7373, 0.6745

RGB percentages40.8%, 73.7%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(168.6, 38.5%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.6, 44.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK44.7%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,864,044

CSS custom property--colour: #68BCAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#974353

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6B3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A8A9ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Tritanopia#46BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Turquoise · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BC6878

Analogous#68BC82, #68A2BC

Triadic#AC68BC, #BCAC68

Split complementary#BC68A2, #BC8268

Tetradic#8268BC, #BC6878, #A2BC68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5FBFA

Lighter +30%#D2EBE6

Lighter +20%#AFDBD3

Lighter +10%#8BCCBF

Darker −10%#4AA795

Darker −20%#3A8476

Darker −30%#2B6056

Darker −40%#1B3D36

More saturated +25%#4DD7BD

Less saturated −25%#83A19B

Channel breakdown

R104

G188

B172

Red104 (40.8%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue168.57°

Saturation (HSL)38.53%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G BC · B AC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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