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Colour

#68BFE9

  • #68BFE9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68BFE9 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 191, 233 and HSL 200°, 75%, 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

#68BFE9#68BFE9
HEX#68BFE9
RGBrgb(104, 191, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.749, 0.9137
RGB percentages40.8%, 74.9%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(199.5, 74.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 55.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK55.4%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,864,873
CSS custom property--colour: #68BFE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.22:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#974016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABDEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AFE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 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 text10.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.2Sky blue · ΔE 9.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Light blue · ΔE 20.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E99268
Analogous#68E9D2, #687FE9
Triadic#E968BF, #BFE968
Split complementary#E9687F, #E9D368
Tetradic#D268E9, #E99268, #7FE968

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF8FC
Lighter +20%#C1E5F6
Lighter +10%#95D2EF
Darker −10%#3BACE3
Darker −20%#1E94CD
Darker −30%#1774A1
Darker −40%#115474
More saturated +25%#52C7FF
Less saturated −25%#7EB7D3

Channel breakdown

R104
G191
B233
Red104 (40.8%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue199.53°
Saturation (HSL)74.57%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G BF · B E9

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