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Recognised as Colour

#68D7DC

  • #68D7DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#68D7DC is a cyan with RGB values 104, 215, 220 and HSL 183°, 62%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#68D7DC#68D7DC
HEX#68D7DC
RGBrgb(104, 215, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8431, 0.8627
RGB percentages40.8%, 84.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(182.6, 62.4%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 52.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK52.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,871,004
CSS custom property--colour: #68D7DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#972823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C0DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DED8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 11Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.1Light seagreen · ΔE 17Powder blue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC6D68
Analogous#68DCA7, #689DDC
Triadic#DC68D7, #D7DC68
Split complementary#DC689D, #DCA768
Tetradic#A768DC, #DC6D68, #9DDC68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F8F9
Lighter +20%#BBEDEF
Lighter +10%#91E2E6
Darker −10%#3FCCD2
Darker −20%#2AAEB4
Darker −30%#20868B
Darker −40%#175E61
More saturated +25%#51ECF3
Less saturated −25%#7FC2C5

Channel breakdown

R104
G215
B220
Red104 (40.8%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue182.59°
Saturation (HSL)62.37%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G D7 · B DC

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