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Recognised as Colour

#68DEC8

  • #68DEC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#68DEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 222, 200 and HSL 169°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#68DEC8#68DEC8
HEX#68DEC8
RGBrgb(104, 222, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8706, 0.7843
RGB percentages40.8%, 87.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(168.8, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,872,776
CSS custom property--colour: #68DEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#972137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D2C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C5CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#20E1D7no 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 text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.2Aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Light seagreen · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE687E
Analogous#68DE8D, #68B9DE
Triadic#C868DE, #DEC868
Split complementary#DE68B9, #DE8D68
Tetradic#8D68DE, #DE687E, #B9DE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9F6
Lighter +20%#BCF0E6
Lighter +10%#92E7D7
Darker −10%#3ED5B9
Darker −20%#28B89D
Darker −30%#1F8E79
Darker −40%#166456
More saturated +25%#51F5D6
Less saturated −25%#7FC7BA

Channel breakdown

R104
G222
B200
Red104 (40.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue168.81°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G DE · B C8

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