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Recognised as Colour

#68C8E9

  • #68C8E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#68C8E9 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 200, 233 and HSL 195°, 75%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68C8E9#68C8E9
HEX#68C8E9
RGBrgb(104, 200, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7843, 0.9137
RGB percentages40.8%, 78.4%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(195.3, 74.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 55.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK55.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,867,177
CSS custom property--colour: #68C8E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#973716

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B6E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 17.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 18Powder blue · ΔE 20.3Light steelblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E98968
Analogous#68E9CA, #6887E9
Triadic#E968C8, #C8E968
Split complementary#E96887, #E9CA68
Tetradic#CA68E9, #E98968, #87E968

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF9FC
Lighter +20%#C1E8F6
Lighter +10%#95D8EF
Darker −10%#3BB8E3
Darker −20%#1EA0CD
Darker −30%#177EA1
Darker −40%#115B74
More saturated +25%#52D3FF
Less saturated −25%#7EBDD3

Channel breakdown

R104
G200
B233
Red104 (40.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue195.35°
Saturation (HSL)74.57%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G C8 · B E9

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