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Recognised as Colour

#68CFFF

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

#68CFFF is a cyan with RGB values 104, 207, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#68CFFF#68CFFF
HEX#68CFFF
RGBrgb(104, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages40.8%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.1, 100%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 59.2%, 100%)
CMYK59.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,868,991
CSS custom property--colour: #68CFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.96:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#973000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7CCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2BCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 11.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 22.3Light steelblue · ΔE 23Powder blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9868
Analogous#68FFE4, #6883FF
Triadic#FF68CF, #CFFF68
Split complementary#FF6883, #FFE468
Tetradic#E468FF, #FF9868, #83FF68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CEEFFF
Lighter +10%#9BDFFF
Darker −10%#35BFFF
Darker −20%#02AFFF
Darker −30%#008DCE
Darker −40%#006A9B
More saturated +25%#68CFFF
Less saturated −25%#7BC8EC

Channel breakdown

R104
G207
B255
Red104 (40.8%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.07°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G CF · B FF

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