Recognised as Colour

#68EED7

#68EED7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#68EED7 is a cyan with RGB values 104, 238, 215 and HSL 170°, 80%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#68EED7

RGBrgb(104, 238, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.9333, 0.8431

RGB percentages40.8%, 93.3%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(169.7, 79.8%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 56.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK56.3%, 0%, 9.7%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,876,887

CSS custom property--colour: #68EED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#971128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E1D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D2D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Tritanopia#00F2E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 11.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1 Aqua · ΔE 16.1 Cyan · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EE687F

Analogous#68EE94, #68C2EE

Triadic#D768EE, #EED768

Split complementary#EE68C2, #EE9468

Tetradic#9468EE, #EE687F, #C2EE68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FDFB

Lighter +20%#C4F8EF

Lighter +10%#96F3E3

Darker −10%#3AE9CB

Darker −20%#18D8B7

Darker −30%#13AA90

Darker −40%#0E7C69

More saturated +25%#57FFE2

Less saturated −25%#7DD9C9

Channel breakdown

R104

G238

B215

Red104 (40.8%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue169.7°

Saturation (HSL)79.76%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G EE · B D7

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