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Recognised as Colour

#68CEEC

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

#68CEEC is a cyan with RGB values 104, 206, 236 and HSL 194°, 78%, 67%. 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

#68CEEC#68CEEC
HEX#68CEEC
RGBrgb(104, 206, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8078, 0.9255
RGB percentages40.8%, 80.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(193.6, 77.6%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 55.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK55.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,868,716
CSS custom property--colour: #68CEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.63:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#973113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC9EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 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 text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 17.2Powder blue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8668
Analogous#68ECC8, #688CEC
Triadic#EC68CE, #CEEC68
Split complementary#EC688C, #ECC868
Tetradic#C868EC, #EC8668, #8CEC68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FAFD
Lighter +20%#C3EBF7
Lighter +10%#95DDF2
Darker −10%#3BBFE6
Darker −20%#1BA9D3
Darker −30%#1585A6
Darker −40%#0F6179
More saturated +25%#55D8FF
Less saturated −25%#7DC2D7

Channel breakdown

R104
G206
B236
Red104 (40.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue193.64°
Saturation (HSL)77.65%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G CE · B EC

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