Colour

#68CADD

#68CADD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#68CADD is a cyan with RGB values 104, 202, 221 and HSL 190°, 63%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68CADD#68CADD

HEX#68CADD

RGBrgb(104, 202, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7922, 0.8667

RGB percentages40.8%, 79.2%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(189.7, 63.2%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 52.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK52.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,867,677

CSS custom property--colour: #68CADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#973522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBC4DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9B6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00D2D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 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 text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.7 Light blue · ΔE 16.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17 Powder blue · ΔE 17.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD7B68

Analogous#68DDB5, #6890DD

Triadic#DD68CA, #CADD68

Split complementary#DD6890, #DDB568

Tetradic#B568DD, #DD7B68, #90DD68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E5F6F9

Lighter +20%#BBE7F0

Lighter +10%#92D9E6

Darker −10%#3EBBD4

Darker −20%#299FB6

Darker −30%#207B8C

Darker −40%#165663

More saturated +25%#51DAF4

Less saturated −25%#7FBAC6

Channel breakdown

R104

G202

B221

Red104 (40.8%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue189.74°

Saturation (HSL)63.24%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G CA · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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