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Recognised as Colour

#68DECD

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

#68DECD is a cyan with RGB values 104, 222, 205 and HSL 171°, 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

#68DECD#68DECD
HEX#68DECD
RGBrgb(104, 222, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8706, 0.8039
RGB percentages40.8%, 87.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(171.4, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.2%, 0%, 7.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,872,781
CSS custom property--colour: #68DECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#972132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C5CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#17E2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 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 text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Aquamarine · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6879
Analogous#68DE92, #68B4DE
Triadic#CD68DE, #DECD68
Split complementary#DE68B4, #DE9268
Tetradic#9268DE, #DE6879, #B4DE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9F7
Lighter +20%#BCF0E9
Lighter +10%#92E7DB
Darker −10%#3ED5BF
Darker −20%#28B8A3
Darker −30%#1F8E7E
Darker −40%#166459
More saturated +25%#51F5DD
Less saturated −25%#7FC7BD

Channel breakdown

R104
G222
B205
Red104 (40.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue171.36°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G DE · B CD

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