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Recognised as Colour

#68E9D8

  • #68E9D8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#68E9D8 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 233, 216 and HSL 172°, 75%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#68E9D8#68E9D8
HEX#68E9D8
RGBrgb(104, 233, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.9137, 0.8471
RGB percentages40.8%, 91.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(172.1, 74.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 55.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK55.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,875,608
CSS custom property--colour: #68E9D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.24:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#971627

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDDD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCEDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00EDE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.7Aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Aqua · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E96879
Analogous#68E997, #68BAE9
Triadic#D868E9, #E9D868
Split complementary#E968BA, #E99768
Tetradic#9768E9, #E96879, #BAE968

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFCFA
Lighter +20%#C1F6EF
Lighter +10%#95EFE3
Darker −10%#3BE3CD
Darker −20%#1ECDB6
Darker −30%#17A18F
Darker −40%#117467
More saturated +25%#52FFE8
Less saturated −25%#7ED3C8

Channel breakdown

R104
G233
B216
Red104 (40.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue172.09°
Saturation (HSL)74.57%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G E9 · B D8

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