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Recognised as Colour

#68DEAF

  • #68DEAF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#68DEAF is a cyan with RGB values 104, 222, 175 and HSL 156°, 64%, 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 aquamarine.

Colour values

#68DEAF#68DEAF
HEX#68DEAF
RGBrgb(104, 222, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8706, 0.6863
RGB percentages40.8%, 87.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(156.1, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,872,751
CSS custom property--colour: #68DEAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.66:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#972150

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD0ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9C4B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#39DED1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 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 text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.2Aquamarine · ΔE 11.7Turquoise · ΔE 17.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6897
Analogous#68DE74, #68D2DE
Triadic#AF68DE, #DEAF68
Split complementary#DE68D2, #DE7468
Tetradic#7468DE, #DE6897, #D2DE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9F2
Lighter +20%#BCF0DB
Lighter +10%#92E7C5
Darker −10%#3ED599
Darker −20%#28B87F
Darker −30%#1F8E62
Darker −40%#166445
More saturated +25%#51F5B4
Less saturated −25%#7FC7AA

Channel breakdown

R104
G222
B175
Red104 (40.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue156.1°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G DE · B AF

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