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Recognised as Colour

#68DAD4

  • #68DAD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#68DAD4 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 218, 212 and HSL 177°, 61%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#68DAD4#68DAD4
HEX#68DAD4
RGBrgb(104, 218, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8549, 0.8314
RGB percentages40.8%, 85.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(176.8, 60.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 52.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK52.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,871,764
CSS custom property--colour: #68DAD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57839WCAG 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 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#97252B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD0D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC2D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#08DFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.5Turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.39, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA686E
Analogous#68DA9B, #68A7DA
Triadic#D468DA, #DAD468
Split complementary#DA68A7, #DA9B68
Tetradic#9B68DA, #DA686E, #A7DA68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3F8F7
Lighter +20%#BAEEEB
Lighter +10%#91E4E0
Darker −10%#3FD0C8
Darker −20%#2BB1AA
Darker −30%#218882
Darker −40%#175F5B
More saturated +25%#51F2E9
Less saturated −25%#80C3BF

Channel breakdown

R104
G218
B212
Red104 (40.8%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)60.64%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G DA · B D4

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