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Recognised as Colour

#68DED1

  • #68DED1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#68DED1 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 222, 209 and HSL 173°, 64%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#68DED1#68DED1
HEX#68DED1
RGBrgb(104, 222, 209)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.8706, 0.8196
RGB percentages40.8%, 87.1%, 82%
HSLhsl(173.4, 64.1%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.4, 53.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK53.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,872,785
CSS custom property--colour: #68DED1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#97212E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D3D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C5D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#0CE2DAno 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 text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7Turquoise · ΔE 7.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.6Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Aqua · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE6875
Analogous#68DE96, #68B0DE
Triadic#D168DE, #DED168
Split complementary#DE68B0, #DE9668
Tetradic#9668DE, #DE6875, #B0DE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6F9F7
Lighter +20%#BCF0EB
Lighter +10%#92E7DE
Darker −10%#3ED5C4
Darker −20%#28B8A8
Darker −30%#1F8E82
Darker −40%#16645B
More saturated +25%#51F5E3
Less saturated −25%#7FC7BF

Channel breakdown

R104
G222
B209
Red104 (40.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue173.39°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G DE · B D1

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