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Recognised as Colour

#68E9FF

  • #68E9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#68E9FF is a cyan with RGB values 104, 233, 255 and HSL 189°, 100%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#68E9FF#68E9FF
HEX#68E9FF
RGBrgb(104, 233, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.9137, 1
RGB percentages40.8%, 91.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.7, 100%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 59.2%, 100%)
CMYK59.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,875,647
CSS custom property--colour: #68E9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#971600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0D0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00F3F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2Powder blue · ΔE 20.3Aqua · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7E68
Analogous#68FFC9, #689EFF
Triadic#FF68E9, #E9FF68
Split complementary#FF689E, #FFC968
Tetradic#C968FF, #FF7E68, #9EFF68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#CEF8FF
Lighter +10%#9BF0FF
Darker −10%#35E2FF
Darker −20%#02DAFF
Darker −30%#00B0CE
Darker −40%#00849B
More saturated +25%#68E9FF
Less saturated −25%#7BDCEC

Channel breakdown

R104
G233
B255
Red104 (40.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 68 · G E9 · B FF

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