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Recognised as Colour

#68BDF5

  • #68BDF5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68BDF5 is a blue with RGB values 104, 189, 245 and HSL 204°, 88%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68BDF5#68BDF5
HEX#68BDF5
RGBrgb(104, 189, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7412, 0.9608
RGB percentages40.8%, 74.1%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(203.8, 87.6%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.8, 57.6%, 96.1%)
CMYK57.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,864,373
CSS custom property--colour: #68BDF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#97420A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BDF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#90AEF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Steel blue · ΔE 22.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6Light blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5A068
Analogous#68F5E7, #6876F5
Triadic#F568BD, #BDF568
Split complementary#F56877, #F5E768
Tetradic#E668F5, #F5A068, #76F568

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFF
Lighter +20%#C8E7FB
Lighter +10%#98D2F8
Darker −10%#38A8F2
Darker −20%#0F92E8
Darker −30%#0C74B8
Darker −40%#095688
More saturated +25%#5EBFFF
Less saturated −25%#7CB9E1

Channel breakdown

R104
G189
B245
Red104 (40.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue203.83°
Saturation (HSL)87.58%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G BD · B F5

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