Colour

#68DBEE

#68DBEE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#68DBEE is a cyan with RGB values 104, 219, 238 and HSL 189°, 80%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68DBEE#68DBEE

HEX#68DBEE

RGBrgb(104, 219, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8588, 0.9333

RGB percentages40.8%, 85.9%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(188.5, 79.8%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.5, 56.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK56.3%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,872,046

CSS custom property--colour: #68DBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#972411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CAD4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6C5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E4E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1 Powder blue · ΔE 17.9 Light blue · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EE7B68

Analogous#68EEBE, #6898EE

Triadic#EE68DB, #DBEE68

Split complementary#EE6898, #EEBE68

Tetradic#BE68EE, #EE7B68, #98EE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FCFD

Lighter +20%#C4F1F8

Lighter +10%#96E6F3

Darker −10%#3AD0E9

Darker −20%#18BDD8

Darker −30%#1395AA

Darker −40%#0E6C7C

More saturated +25%#57E7FF

Less saturated −25%#7DCCD9

Channel breakdown

R104

G219

B238

Red104 (40.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue188.51°

Saturation (HSL)79.76%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G DB · B EE

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