Recognised as Colour

#68DBFE

#68DBFE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#68DBFE is a cyan with RGB values 104, 219, 254 and HSL 194°, 99%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68DBFE#68DBFE

HEX#68DBFE

RGBrgb(104, 219, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8588, 0.9961

RGB percentages40.8%, 85.9%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(194, 98.7%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194, 59.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK59.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,872,062

CSS custom property--colour: #68DBFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#972401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0C6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E6E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 10.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 12.3 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.1 Light blue · ΔE 19.5 Powder blue · ΔE 21.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE8B68

Analogous#68FED6, #6890FE

Triadic#FE68DB, #DBFE68

Split complementary#FE6890, #FED668

Tetradic#D668FE, #FE8B68, #90FE68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#CDF3FF

Lighter +10%#9BE7FE

Darker −10%#35CFFE

Darker −20%#03C3FD

Darker −30%#019CCC

Darker −40%#017699

More saturated +25%#67DCFF

Less saturated −25%#7BD1EB

Channel breakdown

R104

G219

B254

Red104 (40.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue194°

Saturation (HSL)98.68%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 68 · G DB · B FE

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