Colour

#68DEC1

#68DEC1
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#68DEC1 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 222, 193 and HSL 165°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#68DEC1#68DEC1

HEX#68DEC1

RGBrgb(104, 222, 193)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8706, 0.7569

RGB percentages40.8%, 87.1%, 75.7%

HSLhsl(165.3, 64.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165.3, 53.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK53.2%, 0%, 13.1%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,872,769

CSS custom property--colour: #68DEC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.81:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#97213E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7D2C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5C5C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#29E0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.3 Turquoise · ΔE 9 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE6885

Analogous#68DE86, #68C0DE

Triadic#C168DE, #DEC168

Split complementary#DE68C0, #DE8668

Tetradic#8668DE, #DE6885, #C0DE68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6F9F5

Lighter +20%#BCF0E3

Lighter +10%#92E7D2

Darker −10%#3ED5B0

Darker −20%#28B895

Darker −30%#1F8E73

Darker −40%#166451

More saturated +25%#51F5CD

Less saturated −25%#7FC7B5

Channel breakdown

R104

G222

B193

Red104 (40.8%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue193 (75.7%)

Hue165.25°

Saturation (HSL)64.13%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G DE · B C1

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