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Recognised as Colour

#68CEEA

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

#68CEEA is a cyan with RGB values 104, 206, 234 and HSL 193°, 76%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68CEEA#68CEEA
HEX#68CEEA
RGBrgb(104, 206, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8078, 0.9176
RGB percentages40.8%, 80.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(192.9, 75.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 55.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK55.6%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,868,714
CSS custom property--colour: #68CEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#973115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9BAEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.4Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 17Powder blue · ΔE 18.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA8468
Analogous#68EAC5, #688DEA
Triadic#EA68CE, #CEEA68
Split complementary#EA688D, #EAC568
Tetradic#C568EA, #EA8468, #8DEA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFAFD
Lighter +20%#C2EBF6
Lighter +10%#95DDF0
Darker −10%#3BBFE4
Darker −20%#1DA9CF
Darker −30%#1784A2
Darker −40%#106076
More saturated +25%#53DAFF
Less saturated −25%#7DC2D4

Channel breakdown

R104
G206
B234
Red104 (40.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue192.92°
Saturation (HSL)75.58%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G CE · B EA

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