Recognised as Colour

#68DCC7

#68DCC7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#68DCC7 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 220, 199 and HSL 169°, 62%, 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 Turquoise.

Colour values

#68DCC7#68DCC7

HEX#68DCC7

RGBrgb(104, 220, 199)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8627, 0.7804

RGB percentages40.8%, 86.3%, 78%

HSLhsl(169.1, 62.4%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 52.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK52.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,872,263

CSS custom property--colour: #68DCC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.65:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#972338

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4D1C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2C3C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Tritanopia#23DFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 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 text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC687D

Analogous#68DC8D, #68B7DC

Triadic#C768DC, #DCC768

Split complementary#DC68B7, #DC8D68

Tetradic#8D68DC, #DC687D, #B7DC68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4F9F5

Lighter +20%#BBEFE6

Lighter +10%#91E6D6

Darker −10%#3FD2B8

Darker −20%#2AB49B

Darker −30%#208B78

Darker −40%#176154

More saturated +25%#51F3D6

Less saturated −25%#7FC5B8

Channel breakdown

R104

G220

B199

Red104 (40.8%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue169.14°

Saturation (HSL)62.37%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G DC · B C7

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Colour values

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