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Colour

#68CBF6

  • #68CBF6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#68CBF6 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 203, 246 and HSL 198°, 89%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68CBF6#68CBF6
HEX#68CBF6
RGBrgb(104, 203, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.7961, 0.9647
RGB percentages40.8%, 79.6%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(198.2, 88.8%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.2, 57.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK57.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,867,958
CSS custom property--colour: #68CBF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#973409

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C8F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B9F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.7Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Powder blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F69368
Analogous#68F6DA, #6884F6
Triadic#F668CB, #CBF668
Split complementary#F66884, #F6DA68
Tetradic#DA68F6, #F69368, #84F668

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FDFF
Lighter +20%#C8ECFC
Lighter +10%#98DCF9
Darker −10%#38BAF3
Darker −20%#0EA7EA
Darker −30%#0B85BA
Darker −40%#08638A
More saturated +25%#5FCFFF
Less saturated −25%#7CC3E2

Channel breakdown

R104
G203
B246
Red104 (40.8%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue198.17°
Saturation (HSL)88.75%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G CB · B F6

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