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Recognised as Colour

#68D6EF

  • #68D6EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#68D6EF is a cyan with RGB values 104, 214, 239 and HSL 191°, 81%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68D6EF#68D6EF
HEX#68D6EF
RGBrgb(104, 214, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8392, 0.9373
RGB percentages40.8%, 83.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(191.1, 80.8%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 56.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK56.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,870,767
CSS custom property--colour: #68D6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.45:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#972910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D0F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C1EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.3Powder blue · ΔE 18.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF8168
Analogous#68EFC4, #6893EF
Triadic#EF68D6, #D6EF68
Split complementary#EF6893, #EFC468
Tetradic#C568EF, #EF8168, #93EF68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FCFE
Lighter +20%#C4EFF9
Lighter +10%#96E3F4
Darker −10%#3AC9EA
Darker −20%#17B6DA
Darker −30%#128FAC
Darker −40%#0D697E
More saturated +25%#58E0FF
Less saturated −25%#7DC9DA

Channel breakdown

R104
G214
B239
Red104 (40.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue191.11°
Saturation (HSL)80.84%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G D6 · B EF

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