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Colour

#68BFE7

  • #68BFE7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68BFE7 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 191, 231 and HSL 199°, 73%, 66%. 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

#68BFE7#68BFE7
HEX#68BFE7
RGBrgb(104, 191, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.749, 0.9059
RGB percentages40.8%, 74.9%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(198.9, 72.6%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 55%, 90.6%)
CMYK55%, 17.3%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,864,871
CSS custom property--colour: #68BFE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 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#974018

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBCE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#99AFE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 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 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 19.8Powder blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E79068
Analogous#68E7D0, #687FE7
Triadic#E768BF, #BFE768
Split complementary#E7687F, #E7D068
Tetradic#D068E7, #E79068, #7FE768

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF7FC
Lighter +20%#C0E4F5
Lighter +10%#94D2EE
Darker −10%#3CACE0
Darker −20%#2094C9
Darker −30%#19739D
Darker −40%#125371
More saturated +25%#52C7FD
Less saturated −25%#7EB7D1

Channel breakdown

R104
G191
B231
Red104 (40.8%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue198.9°
Saturation (HSL)72.57%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G BF · B E7

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