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Recognised as Colour

#68CFEC

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

#68CFEC is a cyan with RGB values 104, 207, 236 and HSL 193°, 78%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68CFEC#68CFEC
HEX#68CFEC
RGBrgb(104, 207, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8118, 0.9255
RGB percentages40.8%, 81.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(193.2, 77.6%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 55.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK55.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,868,972
CSS custom property--colour: #68CFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.72:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#973013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDCAEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9BBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.4Light skyblue · ΔE 12.3Light blue · ΔE 17.2Powder blue · ΔE 19Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC8568
Analogous#68ECC7, #688DEC
Triadic#EC68CF, #CFEC68
Split complementary#EC688D, #ECC768
Tetradic#C768EC, #EC8568, #8DEC68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0FAFD
Lighter +20%#C3ECF7
Lighter +10%#95DDF2
Darker −10%#3BC1E6
Darker −20%#1BABD3
Darker −30%#1586A6
Darker −40%#0F6279
More saturated +25%#55DAFF
Less saturated −25%#7DC3D7

Channel breakdown

R104
G207
B236
Red104 (40.8%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue193.18°
Saturation (HSL)77.65%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G CF · B EC

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