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Recognised as Colour

#68D8DE

  • #68D8DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#68D8DE is a cyan with RGB values 104, 216, 222 and HSL 183°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#68D8DE#68D8DE
HEX#68D8DE
RGBrgb(104, 216, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8471, 0.8706
RGB percentages40.8%, 84.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(183.1, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.1, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,871,262
CSS custom property--colour: #68D8DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.47:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#972721

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD0DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C1DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00DFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.4Light seagreen · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6E68
Analogous#68DEA9, #689DDE
Triadic#DE68D8, #D8DE68
Split complementary#DE689D, #DEA968
Tetradic#A968DE, #DE6E68, #9DDE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F8F9
Lighter +20%#BCEEF0
Lighter +10%#92E3E7
Darker −10%#3ECDD5
Darker −20%#28B1B8
Darker −30%#1F888E
Darker −40%#166064
More saturated +25%#51EDF5
Less saturated −25%#7FC3C7

Channel breakdown

R104
G216
B222
Red104 (40.8%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue183.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G D8 · B DE

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