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Recognised as Colour

#68DADF

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

#68DADF is a cyan with RGB values 104, 218, 223 and HSL 183°, 65%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#68DADF#68DADF
HEX#68DADF
RGBrgb(104, 218, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8549, 0.8745
RGB percentages40.8%, 85.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(182.5, 65%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.5, 53.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK53.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,871,775
CSS custom property--colour: #68DADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.68:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#972520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C3E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.8Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6Powder blue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF6D68
Analogous#68DFA8, #689FDF
Triadic#DF68DA, #DADF68
Split complementary#DF689F, #DFA968
Tetradic#A868DF, #DF6D68, #9EDF68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9FA
Lighter +20%#BCEFF1
Lighter +10%#92E4E8
Darker −10%#3ED0D6
Darker −20%#27B4BA
Darker −30%#1E8B90
Darker −40%#166265
More saturated +25%#51EFF6
Less saturated −25%#7FC5C8

Channel breakdown

R104
G218
B223
Red104 (40.8%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue182.52°
Saturation (HSL)65.03%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G DA · B DF

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